Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre North of Tower of Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre North of Tower of Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- pitched-flue-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 943 609
- Coordinates
- 51.34737, -2.08184
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century chest tomb located about 1 metre north of the tower of the Church of the Holy Cross in the churchyard. It is made of ashlar stone and features a projecting rectangular fielded plaque surrounded by an egg-and-dart border. The tomb has fielded panels on each side, a moulded base, and a moulded cornice that includes a pulvinated frieze, which is broken forward over the plaque. The end plaques also project forward and have egg-and-dart borders, with the frieze and cornice embellished above the plaques.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 1 Metre North of Tower of Church of the Holy Cross 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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