Monument to Thomas Perrinton, in the Churchyard and to the South of Holy Trinity 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 Thomas Perrinton, in the Churchyard and to the South of Holy Trinity Church
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- 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 544 739
- Coordinates
- 51.46313, -2.65711
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Thomas Perrinton is located in the churchyard to the south of Holy Trinity Church in Abbots-Leigh. This chest tomb, likely commemorating Thomas Perrinton who died in 1725, is constructed from ashlar stone and features a Baroque design. It includes inscribed oval panels surrounded by moulding, enriched spandrels adorned with heads and C-scrolls, corner balusters with acanthus on volute bases, a concave frieze, and a moulded plinth and cornice.
Local climate
Monument to Thomas Perrinton, in the Churchyard and to the South of Holy Trinity 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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