Cemetery, Taylor Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. Monument.

Cemetery, Taylor Monument

WRENN ID
cold-moulding-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1976
Type
Monument
Address
Cemetery, Taylor Monument, the Down, Trowbridge
OS grid reference
ST 862 589
Coordinates
51.32975, -2.19916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Taylor Monument is a tall, cross-gabled memorial located to the east of the south cemetery chapel, dating from around the 1870s. It features finials on the gables and an ornate cross at the top. The structure includes blind foiled arches adorned with leaf ornamentation and has paired short marble columns on its principal faces. Additionally, there are bronze memorial plaques present.

Local climate

Cemetery, Taylor Monument receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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