Cox Monument in Churchyard, Against South Wall of Tower, Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. A C19 Monument.
Cox Monument in Churchyard, Against South Wall of Tower, Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- bitter-spire-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Cox Monument in Churchyard, Against South Wall of Tower, Church of St George, Ogbourne St. George
- OS grid reference
- SU 195 746
- Coordinates
- 51.47084, -1.71998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cox monument is a 19th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard against the south wall of the Church of St. George in Ogbourne St George. It is made of limestone and features a moulded table and base with a reeded fascia. The tomb has recessed corner balusters and oval panels on its sides that bear inscriptions for John Cox, who died in 1822, and Mary, who died in 1834. The tomb is mounted on a podium, although the railings that once surrounded it have been removed.
Local climate
Cox Monument in Churchyard, Against South Wall of Tower, Church of St George receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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