Hester and Turner Monuments in the Churchyard About 3.5 Metres West of Church of St Katherine is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Monument.
Hester and Turner Monuments in the Churchyard About 3.5 Metres West of Church of St Katherine
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-wicket-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 860 615
- Coordinates
- 51.35327, -2.20174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hester and Turner monuments are two chest tombs located about 3.5 metres west of the Church of St Katherine. They date from the early 19th century and are made of limestone. Each tomb features a moulded plinth and rests on low larger chest tombs. They have large beaded panels and moulded flat tops. The inscriptions commemorate members of the Hester family and the Rev. Charles Turner, who died in 1805.
Local climate
Hester and Turner Monuments in the Churchyard About 3.5 Metres West of Church of St Katherine receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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