Pictor Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre North of Strong Monument, North of North Door of Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1985. Chest tomb.
Pictor Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre North of Strong Monument, North of North Door of Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- night-chimney-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 822 684
- Coordinates
- 51.41519, -2.25594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pictor monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 1 metre north of the Strong monument and north of the north door of the Church of St. Thomas. It dates from the mid-19th century and is made of ashlar stone. The tomb features three Gothic panels on each side, which are separated by buttresses, and has Gothic end panels. It has a moulded base and a ridged top stone over the capstone. The inscriptions on the monument commemorate members of the Pictor family, who were quarry owners, with the earliest decipherable date being 1857.
Local climate
Pictor Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre North of Strong Monument, North of North Door of Church of St Thomas receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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