Buy Monument in Churchyard by Chancel North Wall of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Monument.
Buy Monument in Churchyard by Chancel North Wall of Church of St Peter
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Buy Monument in Churchyard by Chancel North Wall of Church of St Peter, Swindon Road, Langley Burrell Without
- OS grid reference
- ST 927 757
- Coordinates
- 51.48109, -2.10534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Buy monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard by the north wall of the chancel of the Church of St Peter. It dates from the mid-18th century and features two shield plaques on each side, fluted angle piers, and a floral-decorated centre pier. The tomb has a moulded base and cornice, which is broken forward over the piers. The west plaque displays a shield, while the east end has a cartouche inscribed with "Memento Mori." The monument includes an inscription dedicated to Ann Buy, who died in 1763.
Local climate
Buy Monument in Churchyard by Chancel North Wall of Church of St Peter receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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- 3 Boughton Monument in Churchyard About 5 Metres East of South East Corner of South Porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- 4 Group of 3 Monuments About 13 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- 5 Monument to Members of the Joy Family About 11 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter
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