Croome Monument in the Churchyard About 11 Metres South West of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Chest tomb.
Croome Monument in the Churchyard About 11 Metres South West of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- distant-hearth-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 009 316
- Coordinates
- 51.08417, -1.98841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Croome monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 11 meters southwest of the nave of the Church of St Mary. It commemorates John Croome, who died in 1797. The tomb is made of limestone and sits on a plinth. It features two beaded panels on the main sides and one on the end panels, topped with a moulded flat surface.
Local climate
Croome Monument in the Churchyard About 11 Metres South West of Nave of Church of St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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, 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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