Unidentified Monument Circa 4 Metres West of Chafyn Grove Memorial in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. Monument.
Unidentified Monument Circa 4 Metres West of Chafyn Grove Memorial in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- drifting-hinge-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1989
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 811 322
- Coordinates
- 51.08956, -2.27109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located approximately 4 meters west of the Chafyn Grove memorial in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael. It dates from around 1700 and is made of limestone. The tomb features a deep flat ledger stone with a cavetto mould surrounding a plain chest. The south side of the tomb has a panel with a moulded top edge that carries a bold inscription in lower case, which is partially legible. The inscription reads:
"Thinke on mee as you pass by As you are now so once was I But now I lye d....h.d to dust hoping to rise among the just."
These sentiments have appeared on monuments in various forms since the early 12th century.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument Circa 4 Metres West of Chafyn Grove Memorial in the Churchyard of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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