Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. A Georgian Monument.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- young-transept-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- ST 964 483
- Coordinates
- 51.23444, -2.05168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the late 18th century, is located about 9 meters west of the tower of the Church of St Giles. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth. The tomb has two octagonal fielded panels flanked by scrolled pilasters, a moulded cornice on the flat top, and shaped end panels adorned with crossed bones. The inscriptions on the tomb are illegible.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Giles receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% 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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