Pair of Monuments Towards Centre of Disused Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Monuments.
Pair of Monuments Towards Centre of Disused Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- idle-belfry-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- Address
- Pair of Monuments Towards Centre of Disused Churchyard, the Park, Erlestoke
- OS grid reference
- ST 966 540
- Coordinates
- 51.2855, -2.05002
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a pair of chest tombs located towards the center of a disused churchyard in Erlestoke. Both tombs date from the 18th century and are constructed of ashlar stone.
The first tomb, known as the Delme memorial, is from the mid-18th century and features two broad shield plaques on each side, along with a moulded base and cornice that includes a pulvinated frieze.
The second tomb is an unidentified memorial, also from the mid-18th century. It has two raised octagonal plaques on each side, with fielded panelled piers at the angles and center, which include rosettes. This tomb also has a moulded base and cornice, with a pulvinated frieze that is broken forward over the piers. The date 1779 is decipherable on this tomb.
Both tombs are situated in the churchyard of the former Church of St James, which was demolished in 1880.
Local climate
Pair of Monuments Towards Centre of Disused Churchyard receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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