Two Combes and Alford Monument, in the Churchyard, About 6 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. A 18th century Monument.
Two Combes and Alford Monument, in the Churchyard, About 6 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-buttress-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- 18th century
- OS grid reference
- ST 944 291
- Coordinates
- 51.06157, -2.08098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two Combes and Alford monument is located in the churchyard about 6 meters north of the chancel of the Church of St. John the Baptist. This group of three chest tombs dates from the 18th century and is made of limestone.
The western tomb features plain side and end panels, with an inverted cavetto-moulded flat top and well-crafted lettering on the inscription for Matthew Combes, who died in 1714. The eastern Combe tomb also has plain panels, with a central thin moulded pilaster on each side and an inverted chamfered flat top, commemorating Alicia Combes, who died in 1740. The Alford chest tomb includes two recessed panels and fielded pilasters supporting a corniced flat top, marking the resting place of Mary Alford, who died in 1780.
Local climate
Two Combes and Alford Monument, in the Churchyard, About 6 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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