Monument to William Poultney in the Churchyard to North of All Saints' Church is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. A C18 Monument.
Monument to William Poultney in the Churchyard to North of All Saints' Church
- WRENN ID
- small-sill-elm
- 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
- Address
- Monument to William Poultney in the Churchyard to North of All Saints' Church, Church Road, Long Ashton
- OS grid reference
- ST 553 709
- Coordinates
- 51.43595, -2.644
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William Poultney, who died in 1754, is a chest tomb located in the churchyard to the north of All Saints' Church. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features square inscribed panels, corner balusters, an enriched frieze, and a moulded cornice.
Local climate
Monument to William Poultney in the Churchyard to North of All Saints' Church receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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