Monument to John Sperrin, in the Churchyard and to the South of St Andrew's Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. Monument.
Monument to John Sperrin, in the Churchyard and to the South of St Andrew's Church
- WRENN ID
- long-portal-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 493 683
- Coordinates
- 51.41159, -2.73012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Sperrin is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, to the south of St. Andrew's Church. The earliest legible date on the monument is 1810. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features square inscribed panels, fluted pilaster strips, and a moulded plinth and cornice.
Local climate
Monument to John Sperrin, in the Churchyard and to the South of St Andrew's Church receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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