Mattock and Newman Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Monument.
Mattock and Newman Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- turning-lantern-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 980 543
- Coordinates
- 51.28797, -2.02902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mattock and Newman monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, approximately 5 meters north of the chancel. This 18th-century tomb is made of limestone and features a hipped roof, a cyma table, and a moulded base. The sides and ends of the tomb are fielded, and it commemorates John Mattock, who died in 1745, his wife, and Daniel Newman, who possibly died in 1780, along with other family members.
Local climate
Mattock and Newman Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St Peter 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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