Group of Seven Monuments in the Churchyard, Between 2 and 9 Metres South of Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Monument group.
Group of Seven Monuments in the Churchyard, Between 2 and 9 Metres South of Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- WRENN ID
- hollow-sandstone-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Monument group
- OS grid reference
- ST 828 467
- Coordinates
- 51.2194, -2.24651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of seven monuments is located in the churchyard, between 2 and 9 meters south of the Church of St Margaret of Antioch. They date from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century. Five of the tombs are made of limestone, while two are constructed from blue lias stone.
The westernmost tomb is dedicated to Ann Everett, who died in 1819. It features two shaped panels with fan-carved spandrels, a frieze adorned with rosettes and raised lozenge decoration, and fielded pilasters topped with a moulded flat top. The tomb of Nicholas Eyres, who died in 1781, shares a similar style with a tomb located in a railed enclosure nearby.
The blue lias tombs belong to Robert Meares, who died in 1779, and Alicia Knight, who died in 1838. The former has shaped panels and reeded pilasters, while the latter is plainer with an illegible inscription on its flat top.
To the east, three 18th-century tombs have two panels on their main sides. The southernmost tomb features a pulvinated frieze, while the next one to the north has a relief-carved floral center panel and a plain frieze. The Weeks tomb, which is closest to the church, includes beaded panels, quarter balusters, and a fluted frieze with rosettes, along with partly illegible inscriptions.
Local climate
Group of Seven Monuments in the Churchyard, Between 2 and 9 Metres South of Church of St Margaret of Antioch receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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