Seymour Monument in Churchyard, 42 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. Monument.
Seymour Monument in Churchyard, 42 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- scarred-gable-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 097 871
- Coordinates
- 51.58282, -1.86129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Seymour monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 42 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St. Mary. It dates from the 18th century and features a reverse moulded table with slender fluted corner pilasters. The tomb has an inscription on a raised oval, which is flanked by an urn and shields. It commemorates John Seymour, who died in 1774, and Richard Lee, who died in 1787.
Local climate
Seymour Monument in Churchyard, 42 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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