Firth Monument and Railings Approximately 6 Metres East of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1997. Monument.
Firth Monument and Railings Approximately 6 Metres East of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- noble-rotunda-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1997
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SY 668 835
- Coordinates
- 50.65062, -2.47091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firth Monument is a chest tomb located approximately 6 meters east of the Church of St Nicholas in Weymouth. It is enclosed by cast-iron railings and is situated next to the churchyard wall along Dorchester Road. The monument is made of Portland stone and commemorates Lieutenant Firth of the 70th Foot, who died in 1828. This simple Regency chest features an ovolo-mould edge on the ledger slab, fluted pilasters at the corners, and a raised oval inscription panel with sunk tympana that includes carved fans. The chest is surrounded by a low railing designed in a Gothic style, which has pinnacled standards set on a weathered stone plinth. Although the railings are badly rusted, they remain complete.
Local climate
Firth Monument and Railings Approximately 6 Metres East of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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