Dew Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres North East of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1986. Monument.
Dew Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres North East of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- tenth-buttress-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 908 415
- Coordinates
- 51.17291, -2.13198
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dew monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 9 metres north-east of the Church of St. Leonard. It commemorates Ann Dew, who died in 1687. The tomb is made of limestone and features two round-arched panels with dropped keystones, imposts, and cable ornament on the main sides and end panels. It also has fluted corner pilasters and a cavetto-moulded flat top, making it an unusual design.
Local climate
Dew Monument in the Churchyard About 9 Metres North East of Church of St Leonard receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% 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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