Combe Monument 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1985. Monument.
Combe Monument 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- peeling-pedestal-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 575 008
- Coordinates
- 50.80529, -2.60343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Combe Monument, located 6 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, is an early 18th-century table-tomb made of grey stone. It features a bolection-moulded panel with round-headed ends, a moulded cornice, and a hipped top block. On the east end, there is a momento mori. The inscription commemorates Frances Combe, wife of Mr Brian Combe of Evershot parish, who died in December 1704.
Local climate
Combe Monument 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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