John Kington Monument in Churchyard North of Porch 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.
John Kington Monument in Churchyard North of Porch of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- scattered-soffit-quill
- 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
- John Kington Monument in Churchyard North of Porch of Church of St Giles, Luckington
- OS grid reference
- ST 841 830
- Coordinates
- 51.54628, -2.22955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Kington monument, located in the churchyard north of the porch of the Church of St Giles, is a chest tomb dating from around 1800. It is constructed of ashlar and features lyre ends. The monument has two circular plaques on the south side and two rectangular plaques on the north side, adorned with drapery between them. The earliest inscription commemorates J. Kington, who died in 1798.
Local climate
John Kington Monument in Churchyard North of Porch of Church of St Giles 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 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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