Group of 5 Monuments in Churchyard 8 Metres West of West Door. Church of St Sampson is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. Monument group.
Group of 5 Monuments in Churchyard 8 Metres West of West Door. Church of St Sampson
- WRENN ID
- errant-sill-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- Monument group
- OS grid reference
- SU 099 935
- Coordinates
- 51.64058, -1.85831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of five headstones from the 17th century is located in a row, 8 meters west of the west door of the Church of St. Sampson. These monuments are deeply carved, with one being double width and most featuring the heads of cherubs. One of the headstones has fallen.
Local climate
Group of 5 Monuments in Churchyard 8 Metres West of West Door. Church of St Sampson receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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- Old Town Cross, in Churchyard, Church of St Sampson
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