Beale Monument Approximately 2.5 Metres South East of Porch to 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.
Beale Monument Approximately 2.5 Metres South East of Porch to Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-pewter-rook
- 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 667 835
- Coordinates
- 50.65047, -2.47117
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beale Monument is a chest tomb located approximately 2.5 metres south-east of the porch to the Church of St Nicholas in Weymouth. It commemorates Jeremiah Beale, who died in 1815. The tomb is made of Portland stone and features a simple Regency design. It has single panels on the long sides and reeded end pilasters, resembling the Bartlett monument.
Local climate
Beale Monument Approximately 2.5 Metres South East of Porch to 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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