Porter Monument 3 Metres South West of Porch of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Monument.
Porter Monument 3 Metres South West of Porch of Parish Church
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SY 599 972
- Coordinates
- 50.77311, -2.56944
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Porter Monument, located 3 metres south-west of the porch of the Parish Church in Frome Vauchurch, is a table-tomb dating from the early 19th century and the 17th century. It is made of stone and features a moulded cornice. The inscription reads: "Underneath lieth the body of Edward Porter..... July the 7th 1801, aged 43."
Local climate
Porter Monument 3 Metres South West of Porch of Parish Church 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Porter and Sommersett Monuments in Churchyard, 4 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Andrew
- 2 Porter chest tomb approximately 20 metres south south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary
- 3 Monument to Mr Thomas Porter Circa 17 Yards South East of South Chapel of Church of St Nicholas
- 4 Three Porter headstones approximately 19 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Mary
- 5 Monument 7 Metres South of Chancel of Parish Church
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