Beak Tomb in Churchyard, About 1 Metre West of Kidd Tomb, South West of South Porch of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1985. Tomb.
Beak Tomb in Churchyard, About 1 Metre West of Kidd Tomb, South West of South Porch of Church of St Andrew
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 841 771
- Coordinates
- 51.4933, -2.22973
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beak tomb, located in the churchyard about 1 metre west of the Kidd tomb and southwest of the south porch of the Church of St. Andrew, is a chest tomb dating from around 1815. It is made of pennant stone and features two low relief upright oval plaques depicting a mourning female figure on the north side. The south side has square plaques decorated with foliage. The corners of the tomb are adorned with wreathed quarter columns, and it has a moulded base and cap. The tomb is situated in a row two west of the churchyard path.
Local climate
Beak Tomb in Churchyard, About 1 Metre West of Kidd Tomb, South West of South Porch of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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