Sims Memorial About 9 Metres South of North Gates to Churchyard of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Memorial.
Sims Memorial About 9 Metres South of North Gates to Churchyard of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- waiting-shingle-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- ST 903 637
- Coordinates
- 51.37287, -2.14071
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sims memorial is a chest tomb located about 9 metres south of the north gates to the churchyard of the Church of St. Michael in Melksham. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a plinth, with the north side displaying two hexagonal fielded panels, while the south side has two fielded shield panels. These are separated by fielded pilasters, which also appear at the corners. The memorial is topped with a pulvinated frieze and a corniced top. It commemorates Robert Sims, who died in 1771.
Local climate
Sims Memorial About 9 Metres South of North Gates to Churchyard of Church of St Michael receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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