Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Beard/Kington Monument, North East of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1985. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Beard/Kington Monument, North East of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- sharp-gable-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 866 763
- Coordinates
- 51.48622, -2.19377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard about 2 meters south of the Beard/Kington monument and northeast of the Church of St. Margaret. It dates from the early to mid 18th century and is constructed of ashlar stone. The tomb features a fielded plaque on the south side and scroll decorations on each side, along with a fielded plaque on the north side and unusual corner balusters. It has a moulded base and cornice, bead-and-reel ornament beneath the frieze, and a gadrooned edge on the capstone.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Beard/Kington Monument, North East of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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