Group of 4 Monuments Approximately 4 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1997. Monuments.
Group of 4 Monuments Approximately 4 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Andrew
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1997
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- SY 705 829
- Coordinates
- 50.64568, -2.41764
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four headstones is located approximately 4 meters northwest of the tower of the Church of St Andrew, next to the western churchyard wall. These monuments are made of Portland stone and date from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
From the north, the first headstone is a large, thick double stone shaped like an open book, featuring a square head. It has no embellishments, but the partially legible inscriptions cover the entire surface and include the name John, dated 1753, as well as John Samuely from 1775. The second stone is smaller and has a complex shaped head, with a fine inscription that reads Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth Brown, who died in 1828. The third monument is a very thick, square-headed stone with a bevelled back, featuring a complete but only partly legible inscription that includes the year 171- and the name of John Smith's wife. The fourth stone is small, thick, and rectangular, with a plain design and an illegible inscription, likely dating from the later 17th century.
Local climate
Group of 4 Monuments Approximately 4 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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