Wiltshire Monument in Churchyard About 14 Metres North of North East Buttress of Tower of Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1985. Monument.
Wiltshire Monument in Churchyard About 14 Metres North of North East Buttress of Tower of Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- leaning-trefoil-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 823 685
- Coordinates
- 51.41526, -2.2558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wiltshire monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 14 meters north of the north-east buttress of the tower of the Church of St. Thomas. It dates from around 1825 and is made of ashlar stone. The tomb features two rectangular side plaques, angle pilasters, a moulded base and cornice, and a ridged topstone. It bears an inscription commemorating M. Wiltshire, who died in 1824.
Local climate
Wiltshire Monument in Churchyard About 14 Metres North of North East Buttress of Tower of Church of St Thomas receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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