Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. A Medieval Monument.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- third-hinge-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- ST 832 647
- Coordinates
- 51.38174, -2.24189
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a single-slab chest tomb located about 3 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St James in South Wraxall. It is likely from the late Medieval period and is made of limestone with a monolithic design featuring a worn rolled edge on the top. The tomb has no inscription and was found to be badly sunk at the time of the survey in June 1987. It is included in the listing as an early and unusual monument, probably dating before 1600.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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