Brown Monument in Churchyard About 12 Metres North of North East Angle of North East Chapel of Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1985. Monument.
Brown Monument in Churchyard About 12 Metres North of North East Angle of North East Chapel of Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- fallow-string-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 823 685
- Coordinates
- 51.41528, -2.25587
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brown monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 12 meters north of the northeast angle of the northeast chapel of the Church of St. Thomas. It dates from around 1830 and is made of pennant stone. The tomb features two wreathed oval side plaques, baluster corners, a moulded base, and a ridged capstone. There are two rectangular plaques on the north side with a plant spray between them. The inscriptions commemorate W.J. Brown, who died in 1827, and B. Brown, who died in 1826.
Local climate
Brown Monument in Churchyard About 12 Metres North of North East Angle of North East Chapel of Church of St Thomas receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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