Collett Memorial in the Churchyard About 4 Metres North of North West Corner of North Aisle of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Chest tomb.
Collett Memorial in the Churchyard About 4 Metres North of North West Corner of North Aisle of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- hidden-tin-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 902 637
- Coordinates
- 51.37265, -2.14101
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Collett Memorial is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 4 metres north of the north-west corner of the north aisle of the Church of St. Michael. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of limestone in an 18th-century style. The tomb features a plinth and two rectangular fielded panels on the main sides, adorned with balusters and drapery between them, as well as quarter balusters at the corners. It has a grooved frieze with rosettes and a corniced flat top. The memorial commemorates William Collett, who died in 1835.
Local climate
Collett Memorial in the Churchyard About 4 Metres North of North West Corner of North Aisle of Church of St Michael receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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