Group of 3 Broadribb and Purnell Monuments, 1 Metre East of South Aisle, Church of St Augustine is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1986. A C17 Monument.
Group of 3 Broadribb and Purnell Monuments, 1 Metre East of South Aisle, Church of St Augustine
- WRENN ID
- ancient-facade-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 622 589
- Coordinates
- 51.32806, -2.54287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs dedicated to the Broadribb and Purnell families, located 1 metre east of the south aisle of the Church of St. Augustine. The tombs date from the 17th and 18th centuries, with inscriptions added in the 19th century. They are made of limestone and have a simple rectangular plan with deeply projecting slabs. The earliest tomb, dedicated to the Broadribb family, is from the 17th century and features two inscription panels with moulded surrounds on each side, a high entablature adorned with skulls at the corners, and putti in the center. The slab has cyma recta moulding.
Local climate
Group of 3 Broadribb and Purnell Monuments, 1 Metre East of South Aisle, Church of St Augustine receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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