Cooper Monument in the Churchyard About 6 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Thomas A Becket is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Monument.
Cooper Monument in the Churchyard About 6 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Thomas A Becket
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 034 479
- Coordinates
- 51.23096, -1.95145
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cooper monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 6 metres south of the tower of the Church of St. Thomas a Becket. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of limestone. This fine monument features a plinth and an oval fielded panel adorned with egg and dart moulding, as well as angels in the spandrels on the main sides. It is flanked by urns draped with fabric and has quarter balusters at the corners. The end panels are oval, and there is a grooved frieze decorated with rosettes, topped with a shallow weathered surface. The monument commemorates William Cooper, who was the master of Tilshead Boarding School and died in 1804.
Local climate
Cooper Monument in the Churchyard About 6 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Thomas A Becket receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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