Parham Monument in the Churchyard, About 5 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Chest tomb.
Parham Monument in the Churchyard, About 5 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- salt-portal-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 891 268
- Coordinates
- 51.04118, -2.15546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parham monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 5 metres west of the tower of the Church of St. Leonard in Semley Village. It commemorates George Parham, who died in 1825. The tomb is made of limestone and features a plinth, two recessed moulded panels on the main sides, and reeded pilasters supporting a moulded flat top.
Local climate
Parham Monument in the Churchyard, About 5 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Leonard receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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