Smith Monument, in the Churchyard and 4 Metres North of Chapel of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1986. Monument.
Smith Monument, in the Churchyard and 4 Metres North of Chapel of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- long-panel-ridge
- 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
- 2 May 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 667 586
- Coordinates
- 51.32566, -2.47885
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith monument, located in the churchyard and 4 metres north of the chapel of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a chest tomb from the early 19th century. It is made of freestone and features a very large angled chest that stands on claws atop a plain plinth. The side panels are festooned with text, and it has a heavy cornice topped by antefixae. The stepped slab is finished with a gadrooned urn. The earliest legible date on the monument is 1815, commemorating Elizabeth, the wife of Reverend Bartholomew Deeke Smith, M.A.
Local climate
Smith Monument, in the Churchyard and 4 Metres North of Chapel of Church of St Mary the Virgin 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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