Monument to John Facknaham, in Churchyard to South West of St Catherine'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 John Facknaham, in Churchyard to South West of St Catherine's Church

WRENN ID
grim-zinc-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 1984
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
ST 777 702
Coordinates
51.43081, -2.32099
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to John Facknaham, located in the churchyard to the south-west of St. Catherine's Church, is a chest tomb dating from 1745. It is made of limestone ashlar and features inset, inscribed marble panels. The tomb is adorned with panelled pilasters and has an eroded gadrooned and moulded top. An oval end panel displays a shield, and the structure is completed with a moulded plinth and cornice.

Local climate

Monument to John Facknaham, in Churchyard to South West of St Catherine'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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