3 Dearing Monuments 5 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 20 May 1985. Table-tomb.
3 Dearing Monuments 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- western-moulding-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Table-tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 658 930
- Coordinates
- 50.73578, -2.48582
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dearing Monuments, located 5 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary in Bradford Peverell, are three table-tombs from the late 17th century made of stone. The nearest tomb to the chancel is partially sunk into the ground and features an ovolo-moulded cornice with a flat top. It has an inscription in capitals that reads: "Here lyeth the body of Luke Dearing the Elder" followed by illegible text. The central table-tomb has a broken top block and one end block that is damaged. The outer table-tomb has a cyma-moulded top block and bears the inscription: "Here lyeth the body of Luke Dearing the Elder who was buried the Seventh Day of August. Anno Dom. 1666."
Local climate
3 Dearing Monuments 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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