Two Monuments About 9 Metres West of South Aisle of Church of St Cyriac is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1987. Monument.
Two Monuments About 9 Metres West of South Aisle of Church of St Cyriac
- WRENN ID
- hushed-portal-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 916 685
- Coordinates
- 51.41602, -2.12093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two chest tombs, located about 9 meters west of the south aisle of the Church of St Cyriac, date from the 18th century and are made of ashlar. The first tomb, from the mid-18th century, features an oval plaque on the north side adorned with foliage scrolls on each side, along with angle piers that have drapery drops. The south side has two shield plaques separated by piers with foliate decoration and shield end plaques. It also has a moulded base and cornice, and a pulvinated frieze. The second tomb, from the late 18th century, has low relief carved slab sides, baluster corners, and a moulded base and cornice. Its fluted frieze is decorated with rosettes. The north side displays a draped plaque flanked by floral drops, inscribed to C. Pettifor, who died around 1823. The south side features an oval plaque in a laurel frame, flanked by two urns.
Local climate
Two Monuments About 9 Metres West of South Aisle of Church of St Cyriac 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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