Ford and Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard About 13 Metres North North West of North West Angle of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Monument.
Ford and Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard About 13 Metres North North West of North West Angle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- former-ember-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 995 585
- Coordinates
- 51.32618, -2.00817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two chest tombs from the early to mid 18th century are located in the churchyard about 13 meters north-north-west of the north-west angle of the Church of St Mary. The tombs are made of ashlar stone. The first tomb is an unidentified memorial featuring two raised octagonal plaques on each side, a fielded panelled center, and angle piers with rosettes at the center. It has a moulded base and cornice, with a pulvinated frieze that is broken forward over the piers. The second tomb is the Ford memorial, which has two shield plaques on each side framed by attached columns. It also features similar end plaques framed by columns and cherub heads positioned below the shields. This tomb has a moulded base and cornice with a pulvinated frieze, which is broken forward over the columns. The east end plaque is dedicated to Mary Ford, who died in 1734, while the south side plaque commemorates Joseph Glass, who died in 1821.
Local climate
Ford and Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard About 13 Metres North North West of North West Angle of Church of St Mary receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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