David Ricardo Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1978. Monument.
David Ricardo Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- strange-solder-swift
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1978
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- David Ricardo Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas, Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham
- OS grid reference
- ST 909 747
- Coordinates
- 51.47172, -2.13126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The David Ricardo Monument, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, was erected in 1823 and designed by William Pitts. This monument is made of limestone ashlar and marble and is built in the Greek Revival style. It has a square plan and features fluted Doric columns at each corner of a stepped panelled plinth, which supports a simple moulded cornice and carved floriate cresting. At the center, there is a smaller plinth topped with a shallow urn. Below this, the upper part and capital of a Corinthian column are surrounded by naked hermaphrodite weepers. The monument is enclosed by long and short railings with spherical finials set on a chamfered plinth.
Local climate
David Ricardo Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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