Whiting Monument in the Churchyard, About 5 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Alfred the Great is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1986. Chest tomb.
Whiting Monument in the Churchyard, About 5 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Alfred the Great
- WRENN ID
- rough-casement-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 855 373
- Coordinates
- 51.13513, -2.20731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whiting Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 5 metres south of the tower of the Church of St. Alfred the Great. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of limestone. The tomb features a plinth, two lias panels, and quarter balusters on the main sides, with fielded panels on the ends. It has a cornice, a plain frieze, and a moulded flat top. The earliest legible inscription on the monument is for Ann Whiting, who died in 1805.
Local climate
Whiting Monument in the Churchyard, About 5 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Alfred the Great receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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