Crook Monument in Churchayrd About 3 Metres East of North Aisle of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Monument.
Crook Monument in Churchayrd About 3 Metres East of North Aisle of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- last-bonework-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 978 626
- Coordinates
- 51.36294, -2.03269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crook monument, located in the churchyard about 3 meters east of the north aisle of the Church of St Matthew, is a chest tomb dating from around 1800. It is constructed from ashlar and features a moulded base and cornice. The fluted frieze is adorned with rosettes and is broken forward over a large oval plaque on each side, which is flanked by fruit and foliage drops. The back of the monument is broken over angle piers, with a husk drop on the south side and fluting with paterae on the north side. The north side bears an inscription commemorating Robert Crook, who died in 1801.
Local climate
Crook Monument in Churchayrd About 3 Metres East of North Aisle of Church of St Matthew receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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