Monument to Robert Smith, in Churchyard to North of St James' 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 Robert Smith, in Churchyard to North of St James' Church
- WRENN ID
- old-baluster-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 August 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Robert Smith, in Churchyard to North of St James' Church, Southstoke
- OS grid reference
- ST 746 612
- Coordinates
- 51.34971, -2.36536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Robert Smith, who died in 1769, is located in the churchyard to the north of St. James' Church. This chest tomb is made of limestone ashlar and features a square design with inscribed fielded panels. It is adorned with corner balusters and has a moulded plinth and cornice.
Local climate
Monument to Robert Smith, in Churchyard to North of St James' Church 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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