Group of 8 Dorchester Monuments in Churchyard, 2 to 4 Metres North of Nav, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Tomb group.
Group of 8 Dorchester Monuments in Churchyard, 2 to 4 Metres North of Nav, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- muted-screen-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Tomb group
- OS grid reference
- SU 045 602
- Coordinates
- 51.34146, -1.93573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of eight coffin tombs located in two rows, dating from the late 17th century to the early 18th century, situated 2 to 4 meters north of the nave of the Church of St Andrew in Etchilhampton. The east row features three hogs-back coffins. From north to south, they are: (a) John Dorchester, who died on October 4, 1691; (b) an unnamed Dorchester, who died in 1700; and (c) another unnamed Dorchester, with the date illegible. There is also (d) a flat-backed coffin with no visible inscription. In the west row, from north to south, there are: (e) a flat-backed coffin with an illegible inscription on the south side; (f) a taller flat-backed coffin, also with an illegible inscription; (g) another coffin similar to the last; and (h) a flat-backed coffin belonging to William Dorchester, who died on February 25, 1720, and his daughter Mary.
Local climate
Group of 8 Dorchester Monuments in Churchyard, 2 to 4 Metres North of Nav, Church of St Andrew 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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