Miles Memorial in the Churchyard About 13 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Tomb.
Miles Memorial in the Churchyard About 13 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- frozen-span-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 903 637
- Coordinates
- 51.37265, -2.14055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Miles memorial is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 13 metres north of the north aisle of the Church of St. Michael. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a plinth and oval panels on the main sides, which are flanked by recessed rectangular panels. The corners of the tomb are adorned with stylised floral carvings, and it has a pulvinated frieze, a moulded cornice, and a hipped top. It commemorates William Miles, who died in 1810.
Local climate
Miles Memorial in the Churchyard About 13 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Michael receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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