Pocock Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre East of S. Guy Monument, North of North Aisle Door of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. Tomb.
Pocock Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre East of S. Guy Monument, North of North Aisle Door of Church of St Bartholomew
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 874 705
- Coordinates
- 51.43407, -2.18224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pocock monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 1 metre east of the S. Guy monument and north of the north aisle door of the Church of St. Bartholomew. This monument dates from the late 18th century and is made of ashlar stone. It features a raised fielded centre plaque that is flanked by fielded panels and has baluster corners. The tomb includes a plinth, a moulded base, and a cornice with a pulvinated frieze that is broken forward over the plaque. The south side of the monument has an inscription dedicated to S. Pocock.
Local climate
Pocock Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre East of S. Guy Monument, North of North Aisle Door of Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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