Unknown Monument in the Churchyard and to the West of St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. A Victorian Monument.
Unknown Monument in the Churchyard and to the West of St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- frozen-gallery-wax
- 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
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- ST 506 693
- Coordinates
- 51.42123, -2.71126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard to the west of St. Michael's Church, dated 1837. It is made of limestone ashlar and has an elongated octagonal shape. The tomb features square inscribed panels with cusping in the corners, and the side panels are enriched with foliage and vine leaves. It also has a moulded plinth and cornice.
Local climate
Unknown Monument in the Churchyard and to the West of St Michael'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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