Headstone, in the Churchyard 5 Metres East of East Wall of Chancel, Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. Monument.
Headstone, in the Churchyard 5 Metres East of East Wall of Chancel, Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- wild-roof-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 040 793
- Coordinates
- 51.5129, -1.94363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dating from the 17th century, is located in the churchyard 5 meters east of the east wall of the chancel at the Church of St Giles in Tockenham Village. It features deeply carved intertwined foliage, making it an unusually richer example of its kind. The inscription is illegible.
Local climate
Headstone, in the Churchyard 5 Metres East of East Wall of Chancel, Church of St Giles receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Pair of Headstones in Churchyard 4 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Peter
- 2 Memorial 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity
- 3 Group of Seventeenth century chest tomb and headstone approximately 1 metre East of chancel, Church of St. Etheldreda
- 4 Unidentified Headstone in Churchyard, 7 Metres East of East End of Chancel, Church of St George
- 5 2 Headstones in Churchyard Circa 2 Metres to North of Chancel
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