Knight Monument in Churchyard 1 Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1987. Chest tomb.
Knight Monument in Churchyard 1 Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- western-plaster-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 435 637
- Coordinates
- 51.3701, -2.81185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Knight Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, just 1 metre south of the chancel of the Church of St. Andrew in Congresbury. It dates from 1615 and is made of limestone. The tomb features a chamfered base block with a rectangular chest and a deeply chamfered slab. On the east end, there is a coved inscription panel that has deeply incised capitals, which records the inscription to Seymon Knight.
Local climate
Knight Monument in Churchyard 1 Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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