Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard, About 0.5 Metre East of Chancel of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard, About 0.5 Metre East of Chancel of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- deep-step-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 059 448
- Coordinates
- 51.20325, -1.91559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located about 0.5 metre east of the chancel of the Church of St. George in Orcheston St. George. It is made of limestone and features a plinth with two fielded rectangular panels on the sides and one on the ends. The top is hollow-chamfered and moulded, displaying an illegible inscription and heraldic arms carved in relief.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard, About 0.5 Metre East of Chancel of Church of St George receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Unidentified Chest Tomb Circa 15 Metres North of Chancel Wall to Parish Church of St George
- 2 Unidentified Chest Tomb Circa 6 Metres North of North Aisle Wall, to Parish Church of St George
- 3 Unidentified Chest Tomb Circa 9 Metres North of East End, North Aisle, to Parish Church of St George
- 4 Unidentified Chest Tomb, Circa 10 Metres South East of South Porch to Parish Church of St George
- 5 Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard, About 1 Metre South of Nave of Church of St George
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings