Monument to the Ballard Family, in the Churchyard and to the South of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. Tomb.
Monument to the Ballard Family, in the Churchyard and to the South of St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- last-pediment-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 502 754
- Coordinates
- 51.47549, -2.71732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the Ballard family is a chest tomb located in the churchyard south of St Mary's Church in Portbury. It dates from the mid-18th century and is constructed from limestone ashlar. The tomb features square inscribed panels, some of which are partly legible, fluted pilasters, and a moulded cornice and base.
Local climate
Monument to the Ballard Family, in the Churchyard and to the South of St Mary's Church receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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