Group of 8 Monuments in Churchyard Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. A C17 Monuments.
Group of 8 Monuments in Churchyard Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- tenth-postern-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- SU 045 602
- Coordinates
- 51.34116, -1.93558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of eight monuments located in the churchyard approximately 5 meters south of the nave of the Church of St Andrew. Dating from the 17th century, these monuments are made of limestone and include three coffin tombs and two headstones arranged in a line. To the east, there is one headstone and two additional coffin tombs. One of the coffin tombs on the south side features an inscription dedicated to Roger Poulton, who died in 1662, while the inscriptions on the other monuments are mostly illegible.
Local climate
Group of 8 Monuments in Churchyard Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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