Burge Pedestal Tomb 13 Metres South of Priest's Door of the Parish Church of St Andreww is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1984. Tomb.
Burge Pedestal Tomb 13 Metres South of Priest's Door of the Parish Church of St Andreww
- WRENN ID
- burning-joist-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 399 591
- Coordinates
- 51.32801, -2.86311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Burge pedestal tomb, located 13 metres south of the priest's door of the Parish Church of St. Andrew, dates back to 1796 and is dedicated to Thomas Burge. It is made of freestone and features a square gadrooned finial atop a stepped crown. The tomb has fluted corner pilasters and a moulded base, with a plinth that was formerly enclosed by railings. All faces of the tomb display full, finely cut inscriptions.
Local climate
Burge Pedestal Tomb 13 Metres South of Priest's Door of the Parish Church of St Andreww receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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