Hill Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres North of Nave of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1985. Chest tomb.
Hill Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres North of Nave of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- eternal-chimney-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 956 263
- Coordinates
- 51.03614, -2.06322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The hill monument, located in the churchyard about 9 metres north of the nave of the Church of St. James, is a chest tomb commemorating John Hill, who died in 1795. It is made of limestone and features two rectangular panels on the main sides and one on the end panels. The monument is adorned with central and corner pilasters and has a moulded flat top.
Local climate
Hill Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres North of Nave of Church of St James receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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