Whille Monument, About 13m North of Hawkins Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1986. Chest tomb.

Whille Monument, About 13m North of Hawkins Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin

WRENN ID
hollow-gable-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stroud
Constituency
Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1986
Type
Chest tomb
Address
Whille Monument, About 13m North of Hawkins Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin, Frampton on Severn
OS grid reference
SO 743 069
Coordinates
51.76074, -2.37302
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Whille Monument is a chest tomb located about 13 meters north of the Hawkins Monument in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Frampton-on-Severn. It dates from the 18th century and is dedicated to Thomas Whille, who died in the 1720s. The tomb is made of limestone and features a flat top, a moulded plinth and capping, and lyre ends with plain central panels. The sides are divided into three sections, with a large central fielded panel and two smaller flanking fielded panels. The slab has slightly shifted to the north.

Local climate

Whille Monument, About 13m North of Hawkins Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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