Gibbs Monument 3 Metres South East of Parish Church Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. Monument.
Gibbs Monument 3 Metres South East of Parish Church Chancel
- WRENN ID
- second-flint-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SY 491 942
- Coordinates
- 50.74577, -2.72222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gibbs Monument is a table-tomb located 3 metres southeast of the chancel of the Parish Church, dating from the later 18th century. It is made of stone and features plain sides with corner pilasters. The monument has a large top block that is flat. It commemorates John Gibbs and his wife Elizabeth, both of whom died in 1776 at the age of 57 years.
Local climate
Gibbs Monument 3 Metres South East of Parish Church Chancel receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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