Dole Stone in Churchyard About 5 Metres North West of North Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Dole stone.
Dole Stone in Churchyard About 5 Metres North West of North Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tall-flue-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Dole stone
- OS grid reference
- ST 995 585
- Coordinates
- 51.32612, -2.00808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dole stone, located in the churchyard about 5 meters northwest of the north porch of the Church of St Mary, dates back to the 15th century and is made of ashlar. It resembles a chest tomb, featuring a moulded base and a heavy cap stone, with the sides adorned with deeply moulded stonework. Each end displays a cross within a quatrefoil. The south side includes a shield on an octofoil, a cusped panel, a cusped diagonal cross, and half of an octofoil with a shield. The north side features a cusped panel, a quatrefoil with a cross, another cusped panel, and a shield on an octofoil. It is possibly a chest tomb constructed from 15th-century stonework.
Local climate
Dole Stone in Churchyard About 5 Metres North West of North Porch of Church of St Mary 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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