Francis Thornton Monument, in the Churchyard C20m North-West of the West Wall of the Church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Tomb.
Francis Thornton Monument, in the Churchyard C20m North-West of the West Wall of the Church of Saint Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- shifting-grate-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Francis Thornton Monument, in the Churchyard C20m North-West of the West Wall of the Church of Saint Nicholas, Studland
- OS grid reference
- SZ 036 825
- Coordinates
- 50.6424, -1.95041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Francis Thornton monument is a stone table tomb located in the churchyard approximately 20 meters northwest of the west wall of the Church of Saint Nicholas. It dates from 1827 and features ashlar sides with inscribed panels. The top of the tomb is also inscribed and has rounded edges.
Local climate
Francis Thornton Monument, in the Churchyard C20m North-West of the West Wall of the Church of Saint Nicholas receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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