Pair of Eyre Monuments in the Churchyard, About 14 Metres East of the Vestry is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Tomb.
Pair of Eyre Monuments in the Churchyard, About 14 Metres East of the Vestry
- WRENN ID
- upper-transept-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 246 235
- Coordinates
- 51.01116, -1.65011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of chest tombs located in the churchyard, about 14 metres east of the vestry. They date from the mid-18th century and are made of limestone. The tombs have plain designs with 20 cm thick chamfered flat tops that feature good lettering. The northern tomb is dedicated to Giles Eyre, a Member of Parliament who died in 1750, while the southern tomb is unidentified but is noted to be a child's tomb. Both tombs have headstones with shaped tops attached to each end.
Local climate
Pair of Eyre Monuments in the Churchyard, About 14 Metres East of the Vestry receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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