Two Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard About 5 Metres West of South West Angle of Tower of Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 November 1987. Monuments.
Two Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard About 5 Metres West of South West Angle of Tower of Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- ragged-gallery-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- SU 019 753
- Coordinates
- 51.4769, -1.973
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two unidentified monuments are located in the churchyard about 5 meters west of the southwest angle of the tower of the Church of St Laurence. These are two chest tombs from the early 19th century, made of ashlar stone. The first tomb, seen from the north, features a moulded base and cap, with concave-sided lozenge plaques on each side set against a horizontally reeded background. It has broad angle piers and carved floral drops, with husk drop decoration on the angle piers at each end. The second tomb is situated about 2 meters southwest of the first. It has baluster angles, a moulded base and capstone, and framed plaques on each side. The northern plaque bears an inscription for a wife of Benjamin Powney, who died in 1818.
Local climate
Two Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard About 5 Metres West of South West Angle of Tower of Church of St Laurence receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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