Walmesley Memorial and Surrounding Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1985. Memorial.
Walmesley Memorial and Surrounding Railings
- WRENN ID
- veiled-kitchen-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Walmesley Memorial and Surrounding Railings, Market Place, Colerne
- OS grid reference
- ST 820 711
- Coordinates
- 51.43909, -2.2601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Walmesley Memorial, dated 1893 and possibly designed by W.J. Willcox, is a memorial column dedicated to R. Walmsley of Lucknam Park. It is constructed from Bath stone and features a large stone step inscribed with "F. Sheppard, Colerne." The memorial has a high pedestal with a moulded base and cornice, which includes inscription panels, the arms, and the monogram of R. Walmsley. The column is designed in a Jacobean-type Roman Doric style, characterized by exaggerated entasis and a square cap with pendant drops at the corners. At the top, there is a stone sundial, also dated 1893. Surrounding the memorial are spearhead iron railings on a stone kerb, which enclose a triangular green, with a break on the east side for a bus shelter. There is a gatepost on the south side marked "Saunders, Batheaston."
Local climate
Walmesley Memorial and Surrounding Railings 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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