Ludlow Monument in the Churchyard About 2 Metres East of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. A Victorian Monument.
Ludlow Monument in the Churchyard About 2 Metres East of Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- quiet-pinnacle-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- ST 872 536
- Coordinates
- 51.28161, -2.18429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ludlow monument, located in the churchyard about 2 meters east of the Church of Holy Trinity, is a Grade II listed structure. It features a railed enclosure with a low bellied chest tomb dedicated to Henry Grinsford Gibbs Ludlow and his wife Fanny, who both died in 1876. The tomb is made of limestone and has gothic-style lettering on its curved top. Surrounding the tomb are richly ornamental cast-iron railings set on an ashlar dwarf wall, which include dogbars and vine decoration. Henry Grinsford Gibbs Ludlow was the builder of Heywood House and the founder of the Church of Holy Trinity.
Local climate
Ludlow Monument in the Churchyard About 2 Metres East of Church of Holy Trinity receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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