Taylor Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres East of Townsend Monument, South of Porch of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. A C19 Monument.
Taylor Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres East of Townsend Monument, South of Porch of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- worn-paling-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 874 705
- Coordinates
- 51.43364, -2.18237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Taylor Monument is an early 19th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 3 meters east of the Townsend Monument and south of the porch of the Church of St. Bartholomew. It features two plaques on each side, which are flanked by reeded strips, with low relief carved urns positioned between them. The monument has a moulded base and cornice, along with a fluted frieze. It bears an inscription commemorating Ann Taylor, who died in 1816.
Local climate
Taylor Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres East of Townsend Monument, South of Porch of Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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