4 Hardy Monuments, in the Churchyard Immediately North of the Thomas Brooks Monument (Item 8/126) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Monuments.

4 Hardy Monuments, in the Churchyard Immediately North of the Thomas Brooks Monument (Item 8/126)

WRENN ID
outer-spandrel-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1987
Type
Monuments
Address
4 Hardy Monuments, in the Churchyard Immediately North of the Thomas Brooks Monument (Item 8/126), Stinsford
OS grid reference
SY 711 910
Coordinates
50.71795, -2.4101
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Four stone headstones in the churchyard immediately north of the Thomas Brooks monument commemorate members of the Hardy family. One headstone is dedicated to Thomas Hardy, who died in 1837, featuring a rounded top and carved cherub's heads. Another headstone honors his wife, Mary, who passed away in 1857, and has a scroll top. A third headstone is for their son, James Hardy, who died in 1880, and has a plain top. The fourth headstone is for Jane Hardy, James's wife, who died in 1892, also with a plain top. These monuments are included for their historic interest.

Local climate

4 Hardy Monuments, in the Churchyard Immediately North of the Thomas Brooks Monument (Item 8/126) 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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