Walls and Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard 1 Metre East of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1987. Tomb.
Walls and Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard 1 Metre East of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- former-steel-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 435 637
- Coordinates
- 51.3702, -2.81181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure consists of two chest tombs located 1 metre east of the Church of St Andrew in Congresbury. One tomb, belonging to Watts, is dated 1633, while the other dates back to 1539. Both tombs are made of limestone and feature chamfered base blocks with rectangular chests and deeply chamfered slabs. The east ends of the tombs have moulded coved inscription panels, with the Watts tomb displaying deeply incised capitals, while the other tomb has eroded capitals.
Local climate
Walls and Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard 1 Metre East of Church of St Andrew 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- 4 Ghosley Monument,About 6m East-South-East of Watts Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 5 Watts and Unidentified Monument,About 8m West of South-West Buttress of Tower in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
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