Meer Monument 5 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1986. A C17 Monument.
Meer Monument 5 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- ruined-span-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SY 732 876
- Coordinates
- 50.68774, -2.38021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Meer Monument, located 5 metres north of the nave of the Church of St Peter in West Knighton, is a late 17th-century table tomb made of limestone. It features plain stone sides and rounded panels on the south side. The monument has a cyma-moulded cornice and a flat top block. On the north end, there is a carved rosette, while the south end displays a memento mori. The tomb commemorates William Meer, who died at the age of 79.
Local climate
Meer Monument 5 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Peter 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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- 5 Monument to George, 9th Lord of Haresfield, About 16m North West of Porch in Churchyard of Church of St Peter
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