Watts and Holliday Monuments in Churchyard, 11 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. Chest tombs.
Watts and Holliday Monuments in Churchyard, 11 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sombre-arch-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SU 097 871
- Coordinates
- 51.58315, -1.86139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watts and Holliday monuments are two chest tombs located in the churchyard, 11 metres south of the south chapel of the Church of St. Mary. The tombs date from the late 18th century and early 19th century and are made of limestone and sandstone. The eastern tomb features a moulded table and base with recessed corner balusters, commemorating Richard Watts, who died in 1775. The western tomb is taller, also with a moulded table and base and recessed corner balusters, dedicated to Richard Holliday, who died in 1836, and his wife Mary, who died in 1823.
Local climate
Watts and Holliday Monuments in Churchyard, 11 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St Mary 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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