Monument 7 Metres South of Chancel of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Tomb.
Monument 7 Metres South of Chancel of Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- haunted-facade-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 599 971
- Coordinates
- 50.77296, -2.56907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a table-tomb located 7 metres south of the chancel of the Parish Church in Frome Vauchurch, dating from the late 17th century. The tomb is made of stone and is partly sunk into the ground. It features bulbous end-blocks and a memento mori design that includes a skull and cross-bones. Each side of the tomb has two segment-headed arches topped with nail head motifs. The inscription on the tomb is illegible.
Local climate
Monument 7 Metres South of Chancel 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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