Monument to Philip Bower, in the Churchyard to West of All Saints' 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 Philip Bower, in the Churchyard to West of All Saints' Church
- WRENN ID
- last-floor-hyssop
- 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
- Address
- Monument to Philip Bower, in the Churchyard to West of All Saints' Church, Church Road, Long Ashton
- OS grid reference
- ST 553 709
- Coordinates
- 51.43582, -2.64422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Philip Bower, located in the churchyard to the west of All Saints' Church, is a chest tomb dating from 1728. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features square inscribed panels that are raised at the sides. The tomb is adorned with a moulded plinth and cornice.
Local climate
Monument to Philip Bower, in the Churchyard to West of All Saints' Church receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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