Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 1 Metre North of Chancel of Church of the Assumption is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1986. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 1 Metre North of Chancel of Church of the Assumption
- WRENN ID
- narrow-fireplace-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 867 402
- Coordinates
- 51.16163, -2.19033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 1 metre north of the chancel of the Church of the Assumption. It is made of limestone and features two oval flush panels on the main sides. The tomb has a cornice and a fluted frieze that adorns its moulded, low, weathered top. The inscriptions on the tomb are illegible.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 1 Metre North of Chancel of Church of the Assumption receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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