Hooper Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres North of Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Chest tomb.
Hooper Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres North of Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- rooted-trefoil-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 180 216
- Coordinates
- 50.99382, -1.74353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hooper monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 9 metres north of the Church of St. Laurence. It dates from the mid-19th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a plinth and has two fielded panels on the main side, topped with a moulded flat top. It commemorates John Hooper, who died in 1839.
Local climate
Hooper Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres North of Church of St Laurence 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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