Lane Monument in Churchyard About 5 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1986. A Early Modern Monument.
Lane Monument in Churchyard About 5 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- seventh-clay-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Early Modern
- OS grid reference
- ST 431 653
- Coordinates
- 51.38476, -2.81855
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lane monument is located in the churchyard about 5 metres southeast of the porch of the Church of St. Mary. This headstone and footstone date from the early 18th century and are made of limestone. Both stones feature finely carved borders with diamond and circle motifs. The headstone has a skull at the top center, while the footstone displays an hourglass at the top, and both have shaped tops with high-quality lettering. The monument commemorates John Lane, a gentleman of this parish who died in 1729, and his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1679. John Lane bequeathed £120 to the parish for the education of poor children and provided other benefits, including two shillings to the sexton for the care of the family graves.
Local climate
Lane Monument in Churchyard About 5 Metres South East of Porch 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 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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