Rowley Monument in Churchyard, 16 Metres East of Chancel, Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. Monument.
Rowley Monument in Churchyard, 16 Metres East of Chancel, Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- pitched-casement-furze
- 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 042 943
- Coordinates
- 51.64831, -1.94067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rowley monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 16 meters east of the chancel of the Church of the Holy Cross. It dates from the 18th century and features a moulded table with recessed fluted corner balusters. The sides and ends of the tomb are inscribed with the names of members of the Rowley family, including ELIZABETH, who died in 1782, and MARY, who died in 1792, among others.
Local climate
Rowley Monument in Churchyard, 16 Metres East of Chancel, Church of the Holy Cross 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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