Monument to William Clapham, in Churchyard to South of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1984. Monument.

Monument to William Clapham, in Churchyard to South of St Mary's Church

WRENN ID
crumbling-parapet-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 1984
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to William Clapham, in Churchyard to South of St Mary's Church, Claverton
OS grid reference
ST 787 641
Coordinates
51.3757, -2.3061
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to William Clapham, located in the churchyard to the south of St. Mary's Church, is a chest tomb dating from 1730. It is made of marble and features raised and fielded side panels, thick corner balusters, a moulded plinth and cornice, and an inscribed slab that was recut in 1880.

Local climate

Monument to William Clapham, in Churchyard to South of St Mary's Church 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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