Two Sayer Monuments in the Churchyard Between 1.5 and 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. A C18 Monument.
Two Sayer Monuments in the Churchyard Between 1.5 and 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- gentle-turret-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 871 592
- Coordinates
- 51.33201, -2.18648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located in the churchyard, between 1.5 and 3 meters south of the nave of the Church of St Michael and All Angels. These tombs date from the 18th century and are made of limestone. They have a similar design featuring moulded plinths. Each tomb has two shield-shaped fielded panels on the main sides. The southern tomb includes pilasters with scrolled decoration and an inscription commemorating Thomas Sayer, who died in 1755. The northern tomb has a partly illegible inscription.
Local climate
Two Sayer Monuments in the Churchyard Between 1.5 and 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Michael and All Angels 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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