Lear and Shuckburgh Monuments in the Churchyard About 34 Metres West of Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. A Mid C19 Monument.
Lear and Shuckburgh Monuments in the Churchyard About 34 Metres West of Church of St Laurence
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 180 216
- Coordinates
- 50.99376, -1.7446
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lear and Shuckburgh monuments are two chest tombs located in the churchyard about 34 metres west of the Church of St. Laurence in Downton. They date from the mid-19th century and are made of limestone. Both tombs share the same design, featuring two beaded rectangular panels on the main sides and a chamfered flat top that includes inscriptions. One tomb commemorates Thomas Lear, who died in 1828, and the other honors Charles Shuckburgh of The Moot, who died in 1833. There is also a marble tablet dedicated to Shuckburgh in the Lady Chapel of the church, created by Osmond of Sarum.
Local climate
Lear and Shuckburgh Monuments in the Churchyard About 34 Metres West of Church of St Laurence receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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