Group of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard 5 to 7 Metres South of the Tower, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1986. A Georgian Monuments.
Group of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard 5 to 7 Metres South of the Tower, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- cold-pavement-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1986
- Type
- Monuments
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- ST 894 820
- Coordinates
- 51.53713, -2.15419
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of five chest tombs located in the churchyard, 5 to 7 meters south of the tower of the Church of St Mary. These tombs date from the late 18th century to the early 19th century and are made of limestone.
The first tomb belongs to the Gall family and dates from the late 18th century. It features corner balusters, drapery drops, an oval inscription panel on the north side, and a square panel on the south side. The slab is a badly weathered cyma recta.
The second tomb is unidentified and also dates from the late 18th century. It has floral angle pilasters, floral sprays framing oval inscription panels, and a complex moulded cornice with a cyma recta slab.
The third tomb is another unidentified one from the late 18th century, which is badly decayed, leaving only the end panels and slab. It features floral angle pilasters, oval end panels, and a cyma recta slab.
The fourth tomb is dedicated to Rhoda Marsh, dating from 1805. It has fluted, canted corners, raised and fielded inscription panels on the sides and ends, and a coved cornice leading to a blockish slab with incised lettering.
The fifth tomb is for John Marsh, dating from 1830. It features projecting inscription panels on each side and ends, creating a facetted ground plan that is echoed in the coved slab. The lettering is deeply incised.
Local climate
Group of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard 5 to 7 Metres South of the Tower, Church of St Mary 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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