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
silent-chalk-hawk
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

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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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