Atwood Monument in Churchyard About 13 Metres North of North Wall of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Chest tomb.
Atwood Monument in Churchyard About 13 Metres North of North Wall of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-ember-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 799 609
- Coordinates
- 51.34765, -2.28972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Atwood monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 13 meters north of the north wall of the Church of St Nicholas in Winsley. It dates from around 1810 and is constructed of ashlar stone. The tomb has an elongated hexagon shape with reeded strips at the angles and an oval plaque on the south side featuring rosettes in the spandrels. The design includes husk drops in canted sections and a high raised concave curved and fluted top crowned with an urn. The south side bears an inscription dedicated to Richard Atwood of Turleigh Manor, who died in 1808. This monument is similar in style to the one for the architect and builder Thomas Warr Atwood, who died in 1775, located in Weston churchyard, Bath, and is believed to have been created by T. Baldwin. Thomas Warr Atwood was the younger brother of Richard Atwood.
Local climate
Atwood Monument in Churchyard About 13 Metres North of North Wall of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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