English Monument in the Churchyard Approx 3m SE of Vestry of Church of St Helen is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1988. Monument.
English Monument in the Churchyard Approx 3m SE of Vestry of Church of St Helen
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 424 264
- Coordinates
- 51.01541, -4.24725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard approximately 3 meters southeast of the vestry of the Church of St. Helen in Abbotsham. It is made of limestone ashlar and features a moulded plinth and cornice, along with moulded corner balusters and recessed inscription panels. The tomb commemorates Dorothy Anne English, who died in 1834.
Local climate
English Monument in the Churchyard Approx 3m SE of Vestry of Church of St Helen receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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