Schneider Monument in Churchyard About 8 Metres South of South East Angle of Chancel of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1985. Chest tomb.
Schneider Monument in Churchyard About 8 Metres South of South East Angle of Chancel of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- drifting-ledge-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 818 750
- Coordinates
- 51.47412, -2.26326
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Schneider monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 8 meters south of the southeast corner of the chancel of the Church of St. James. It dates from around 1845 and is made of pennant stone. The tomb features two oval plaques on the south side, an urn in between, and two plaques on the north side with a laurel spray between them. The ends of the tomb are shaped like lyres with an oak leaf drop. It has a moulded base and capstone, and the earliest inscription commemorates E. Schneider, who died in 1845.
Local climate
Schneider Monument in Churchyard About 8 Metres South of South East Angle of Chancel of Church of St James receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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