Two Monuments in the Churchyard Between 11 and 13 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Two Monuments in the Churchyard Between 11 and 13 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- sharp-courtyard-furze
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 906 571
- Coordinates
- 51.31324, -2.13589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located in the churchyard, between 11 and 13 meters north of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. These tombs date from the early to mid 18th century and are made of limestone. The larger tomb to the north features two oval fielded panels adorned with richly-carved scrolled decoration and an ogee-moulded flat top, although the inscription is illegible. The tomb to the south has two fielded panels, fluted pilasters, and a moulded cornice leading to an ogee-moulded flat top, with a partly illegible inscription that includes the date 1740.
Local climate
Two Monuments in the Churchyard Between 11 and 13 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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