Robert Beckley Monument 3 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Swithin is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1989. Tomb.
Robert Beckley Monument 3 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Swithin
- WRENN ID
- strange-quoin-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 312 028
- Coordinates
- 50.80072, -4.39569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Robert Beckley monument is a chest tomb located 3 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St Swithin. It dates from 1701 and is made of red sandstone that is squared and coursed, topped with a slate slab. The tomb features a chamfered plinth and a cyma recta moulded cornice. The slate slab is inscribed around the perimeter in Latin, honoring Robert Beckley, who was a rector and died on 19 October 1701. In the center, there is a poem in English that extols his virtues.
Local climate
Robert Beckley Monument 3 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Swithin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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