Wilks Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 9 Metres South West of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. Chest tomb.
Wilks Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 9 Metres South West of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- salt-pedestal-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 941 128
- Coordinates
- 51.81399, -2.08574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wilks Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard approximately 9 meters south-west of the Church of St. Michael. It is dated 1815 and 1820 and is made of grey sandstone. The tomb features reeded mouldings at the base and side returns of the end panels, which include a raised lozenge panel. The side inscription panels have raised borders with quadrant corners. The monument has heavy rounded mouldings at both the base and top, with pyramid weathering on the top. The south side is inscribed to Jane, the wife of Thomas Wilks, who died in 1815, while the north side is inscribed to Thomas Wilks, who died in 1820.
Local climate
Wilks Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 9 Metres South West of Church of St Michael receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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