Butcher Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres East of East End, Church of St Peter, Little Cheverell is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Monument.
Butcher Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres East of East End, Church of St Peter, Little Cheverell
- WRENN ID
- keen-gutter-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 990 535
- Coordinates
- 51.28119, -2.01475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Butcher monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 5 metres east of the east end of the Church of St Peter in Little Cheverell. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a corniced table and recessed corner balusters, along with a moulded entablature. The framed panels are divided by a central pilaster adorned with a rosette. It commemorates John Butcher and William Butcher, who died in 1809, and their wife, who died in 1795.
Local climate
Butcher Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres East of East End, Church of St Peter, Little Cheverell receives an average of 840 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 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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