Hedger Monument E 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. Tomb.
Hedger Monument E of the Chancel to Church of St Thomas A Becket
- WRENN ID
- fading-string-meadow
- 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
- Tomb
- Address
- Hedger Monument E of the Chancel to Church of St Thomas A Becket, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- ST 759 638
- Coordinates
- 51.37344, -2.34639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hedger monument, located east of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas a Becket on Church Street in Widcombe, is a Grade II listed catafalque tomb dedicated to Matilda Maria Hedger, who died in 1825, and her sisters. Made of limestone, the small catafalque features steeply canted sides and rests on four plain stone blocks, set on a double platform. The low pyramidal top has sunk edge panels, and the inscription panels include incised margins. The east end commemorates Frances Hedger, who was 52 years old, while the main inscriptions honor three young children: Matilda, who died at the age of 10, John, who lived for 1 month, both in 1825, and Elizabeth, who lived for 13 days in 1827. The monument is situated at plot 215.
Local climate
Hedger Monument E 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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