Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres North West of Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres North West of Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tattered-balcony-tarn
- 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 783 603
- Coordinates
- 51.34183, -2.31219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 5 metres northwest of the porch of the Church of St Mary. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a moulded plinth and has two fielded panels with beading on the south side. The north side displays two heart-shaped panels with skull and crossbones in the center. The end panels are adorned with cherubs or floral carvings, and it has a moulded cornice leading to a cavetto-moulded flat top. There are no legible inscriptions on the tomb.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres North West of Porch of Church of St Mary receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% 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.
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