Saltern Monument in the Churchyard Approx 4m SE of S Door of Chancel of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1988. A C17 Monument.
Saltern Monument in the Churchyard Approx 4m SE of S Door of Chancel of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- outer-belfry-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 457 207
- Coordinates
- 50.9651, -4.19787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Saltern monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard approximately 4 meters southeast of the south door of the chancel of the Church of St George. It dates from the late 17th century and is made of coursed and squared slatestone with a chamfered plinth. The slate slab on top is inscribed, commemorating Elizabeth Saltern, who died in 1669, and her daughter Susanna, who also died in 1669.
Local climate
Saltern Monument in the Churchyard Approx 4m SE of S Door of Chancel of Church of St George receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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