Symonds Monument,Immediately to East of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Symonds Monument,Immediately to East of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- muted-corridor-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Symonds Monument,Immediately to East of Church of St John the Baptist, Hinton Charterhouse
- OS grid reference
- ST 776 583
- Coordinates
- 51.32352, -2.32181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Symonds Monument is a chest tomb located immediately to the east of the Church of St John the Baptist. It commemorates George Symonds, who died in 1830, and is signed by Harris. The monument is made of limestone ashlar and features an inset inscribed marble panel along with other ashlar panels, all set within moulded surrounds. It is designed in a heavy Greek Revival style, with a moulded base raised on two steps, a moulded cornice, and a raised top adorned with acroteria shaped like anthemions.
Local climate
Symonds Monument,Immediately to East of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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