Gennings Monument in the Churchyard, About 1.5 Metres West of North West Corner of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. A C18 Monument.
Gennings Monument in the Churchyard, About 1.5 Metres West of North West Corner of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- fallow-ember-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 069 443
- Coordinates
- 51.19826, -1.90153
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gennings Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 1.5 metres west of the north-west corner of the tower of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. It dates from the third quarter of the 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a plinth and has two panels with moulded edges on each of the main sides, as well as one panel on the ends. It is adorned with reeded corner pilasters and a central reeded pilaster between the panels. The top is moulded and flat. The monument commemorates Robert Gennings, who died in 1762.
Local climate
Gennings Monument in the Churchyard, About 1.5 Metres West of North West Corner of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% 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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