Taylor Monument at North East Angle of Churchyard of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Monument.
Taylor Monument at North East Angle of Churchyard of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- fallow-pewter-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Taylor Monument at North East Angle of Churchyard of Church of St Matthew, High Street, Rowde
- OS grid reference
- ST 978 626
- Coordinates
- 51.36301, -2.03251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tayler Monument is a chest tomb located at the north-east corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Matthew. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of ashlar stone. The tomb features slab sides and fluted quarter-columns at the corners, which have decorative paterae at their mid-length. It has a moulded base and capstone. The side plaques have incised borders and rebated angles, flanked by similar decorative panels. The original decoration was blackened. The north side of the monument bears an inscription commemorating Robert Tayler, who died in 1827.
Local climate
Taylor Monument at North East Angle of Churchyard of Church of St Matthew 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 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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