Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre East of South Aisle of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre East of South Aisle of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- eastward-span-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 874 705
- Coordinates
- 51.43375, -2.18208
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 1 metre east of the south aisle of the Church of St. Bartholomew. It dates from the later 18th century and is made of ashlar stone. The tomb features a plinth, a moulded base, and a cornice with a pulvinated frieze that projects forward on each side over a fielded plaque, which is flanked by fielded strips. The earliest date that can be read on the tomb is 1744, and there is an inscription at the west end dedicated to S. Shepherd, who died in 1795.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre East of South Aisle of Church of St Bartholomew 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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