Exton Monument in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1986. Tomb.
Exton Monument in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- solitary-cinder-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 908 415
- Coordinates
- 51.17272, -2.1322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Exton monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 10 metres south of the Church of St. Leonard. It commemorates Grace Exton, who died in 1750. The tomb is made of limestone and features two recessed moulded panels on its main sides, plain corner pilasters, and a moulded flat top. At the time of the survey in July 1985, the tomb was partly sunk into the ground.
Local climate
Exton Monument in the Churchyard About 10 Metres South of Church of St Leonard receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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