Unidentified Monument,In Churchyard 8 Metres to East of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument,In Churchyard 8 Metres to East of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- under-steeple-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 612 675
- Coordinates
- 51.40607, -2.55865
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 8 meters to the east of the Church of St. Nicholas in Whitchurch. It is likely associated with the Lessel family and features an earliest legible date of 1819, suggesting it is probably a late 18th century tomb. The tomb is square in shape and includes inscribed panels, panelled pilasters, a moulded plinth and cornice, as well as a shaped top slab.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument,In Churchyard 8 Metres to East of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% 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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- No sale records on file
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