Bush Monument Approx 5m ENE of the Chancel to Church of St Thomas A Becket is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Monument.
Bush Monument Approx 5m ENE of the Chancel to Church of St Thomas A Becket
- WRENN ID
- still-foundation-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 2010
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 759 638
- Coordinates
- 51.37353, -2.34645
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bush Monument is a chest tomb located approximately 5 meters northeast of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas a Becket in Widcombe. It commemorates Henry Bush, who died in 1705. The tomb is made of limestone with a sandstone panel. It features a plain chest with a flat top and a bold cyma mould edge, along with a frieze. Each long side has two fielded panels, while the short ends have an inset panel, all resting on a moulded base, with part of it buried near the churchyard wall. The earliest inscription is on the east side, dedicated to Henry Bush, 1705, and there is an inset sunk sandstone panel on the west side with fine lettering commemorating Thomas Bush, who died in 1743. The monument is generally in good condition, although a short section of the frieze is missing from the south side. It is situated at plot 129.
Local climate
Bush Monument Approx 5m ENE of the Chancel to Church of St Thomas A Becket receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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