Trent Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary Major is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Tomb.
Trent Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary Major
- WRENN ID
- white-moulding-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 522 226
- Coordinates
- 51.00086, -2.68162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Trent monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 2 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary Major. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of Ham stone. The monument features a step base and a moulded plinth, with fielded panels on the sides that have reverse sweep corners, displaying two panels on each flank without pilasters. The shallow hipped top is adorned with moulded coving and rounded leading edges. This tomb commemorates Joseph Trent, who died in 1803, and his daughter, who died in 1788.
Local climate
Trent Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary Major receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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