Shitler monument in the churchyard 9.5 metres east of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Monument.
Shitler monument in the churchyard 9.5 metres east of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- buried-bracket-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SY 790 944
- Coordinates
- 50.74972, -2.29771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shitler monument, located in the churchyard 9.5 metres east of the Church of St John, is a churchyard monument dated 1755. It features a headstone with a curved top, adorned with carvings of a book, a winged hourglass, crossed bones, and a trumpet. The inscription appears to be dedicated to John Shitler.
Local climate
Shitler monument in the churchyard 9.5 metres east of Church of St John receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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