Hicks Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres East of East End of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. A C18 Monument.
Hicks Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres East of East End of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- spare-casement-rain
- 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 963 651
- Coordinates
- 51.3857, -2.05414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hicks monument is a chest tomb located about 2 meters east of the east end of the Church of St Nicholas in Bromham. It dates from the late 18th century and is constructed of ashlar stone. The tomb features two raised circular plaques with foliate decoration at the center and on the angle piers. It has a moulded base and a moulded capstone. The monument bears an inscription commemorating John Hicks, who died in 1780.
Local climate
Hicks Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres East of East End of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 830 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 57% 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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