Two Monuments in Churchyard North of Tower of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Monument.
Two Monuments in Churchyard North of Tower of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- little-moulding-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Two Monuments in Churchyard North of Tower of Church of St Giles, Stanton St. Quintin
- OS grid reference
- ST 905 798
- Coordinates
- 51.51787, -2.137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located in the churchyard north of the tower of the Church of St Giles, dating from the mid to late 18th century and made of ashlar. The first tomb, which is unidentified, features a fielded rectangular plaque on the south side, floral drops at the corners, fielded end plaques, and a raised centre plaque on the north side with fielded panels on either side. It has a moulded base and capstone, although the north side is damaged. The second tomb is the monument of Humphrey Beak, characterized by heavy scrolled lyre ends, with a large shell design on the east end and a cartouche with a winged head on the west. It also has a fine scroll-bordered plaque on the north side, a moulded base, cornice, and a pulvinated frieze. The inscription commemorates Humphrey Beak, who died in 1764.
Local climate
Two Monuments in Churchyard North of Tower of Church of St Giles 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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