Ballard and Aldridge Monuments in the Churchyard About 4 Metres South of Transept of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Monuments.
Ballard and Aldridge Monuments in the Churchyard About 4 Metres South of Transept of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- blind-wall-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- ST 914 519
- Coordinates
- 51.26634, -2.12428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ballard and Aldridge monuments are two chest tombs located in the churchyard about 4 metres south of the transept of the Church of St James in Bratton. The tombs date from the 17th and 18th centuries and are made of limestone with slate panels.
The western tomb is set on a brick plinth and features plain inscription panels with good lettering, along with a moulded flat top. It commemorates Edith Ballard, who died in 1652, and James Ballard, who died in 1704. The eastern tomb has plain panels and a moulded flat top as well, but its inscriptions are partly illegible, with the name Aldridge incised on the west end panel.
Local climate
Ballard and Aldridge Monuments in the Churchyard About 4 Metres South of Transept of Church of St James 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 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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