Banks Monument in Churchyard North of North East Angle of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. A C19 Monument.
Banks Monument in Churchyard North of North East Angle of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- guardian-corridor-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Banks Monument in Churchyard North of North East Angle of Church of St Peter, Poulshot
- OS grid reference
- ST 964 588
- Coordinates
- 51.32855, -2.05243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Banks monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard north of the north-east angle of the Church of St Peter. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of ashlar with slab sides. The tomb features an incised relief of a draped urn between two plaques on each side, as well as recessed reeded angle pilasters. It has a moulded base and cornice, along with a pulvinated fluted frieze. The south side of the monument bears an inscription dedicated to James Banks, who died in 1841.
Local climate
Banks Monument in Churchyard North of North East Angle of Church of St Peter receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 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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