Monument to William Barnes in Churchyard Immediately South of West Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Monument.
Monument to William Barnes in Churchyard Immediately South of West Tower
- WRENN ID
- little-storey-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to William Barnes in Churchyard Immediately South of West Tower, High West Street, Dorchester
- OS grid reference
- SY 692 907
- Coordinates
- 50.71547, -2.43709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William Barnes is located in the churchyard immediately south of the west tower on High West Street. It was created by sculptor E. Roscoe Mullins and features a stone plinth with a bronze standing figure of Barnes. He was a notable Dorset dialect poet, rector of Winterborne Came, founder of the County Museum, and played a significant role in persuading Isambard Kingdom Brunel to tunnel under Poundbury Camp. This monument, along with Nos 48 to 65A, including the Shire Hall, Holy Trinity Church, the Museum, and St. Peter's Church, forms a cohesive group of significant local landmarks.
Local climate
Monument to William Barnes in Churchyard Immediately South of West Tower 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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