Beard/Kington Monument in North East Corner of Churchyard of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1985. Monument.
Beard/Kington Monument in North East Corner of Churchyard of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- inner-moulding-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Beard/Kington Monument in North East Corner of Churchyard of Church of St Margaret, the Street, Yatton Keynell
- OS grid reference
- ST 866 763
- Coordinates
- 51.48624, -2.19375
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beard/Kington monument is a chest tomb located in the northeast corner of the churchyard of the Church of St. Margaret. It dates from the late 18th century and is constructed of ashlar with pennant stone plaques. The tomb features two plaques on each side, with a drapery drop between the plaques on the south side and a mourning child depicted on the north side. The ends of the tomb are designed in the shape of lyres with husk drops, and it is topped with a moulded capstone.
Local climate
Beard/Kington Monument in North East Corner of Churchyard of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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