Second Group of 4 Chaffey Monuments in Churchyard, North of Tower, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Monument.
Second Group of 4 Chaffey Monuments in Churchyard, North of Tower, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- standing-fireplace-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Second Group of 4 Chaffey Monuments in Churchyard, North of Tower, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke Sub Hamdon
- OS grid reference
- ST 483 172
- Coordinates
- 50.95273, -2.73599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The second group of four Chaffey monuments is located in the churchyard north of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. These chest tombs date from the 17th and 18th centuries.
The first monument, about 4 metres north of the tower, is a 17th-century chest tomb made of Ham stone ashlar. It features a moulded base, plain slab ends and flanks, and lacks a frieze, with cyma-recta coving leading to a heavy flat top. This tomb commemorates William Chaffey, who died in 1621, among others.
The second monument, approximately 3 metres north of the tower, is also a 17th-century chest tomb constructed from Ham stone ashlar. It has a moulded base, plain slab ends and flanks, no frieze, and cyma-recta coving to a heavy flat top, commemorating Francis Chaffey, who also died in 1621.
The third monument, located about 2 metres north of the tower, is a 19th-century chest tomb made of Ham stone ashlar. It features a step base, moulded plinth, one fielded panel on each end and flank with panelled pilasters on the flanks only, no frieze, and moulded coving to a shallow hipped top with rounded leading edges. This tomb commemorates Benjamin Chaffey, whose death date is not readable, and Sarah Chaffey, who died in 1828.
The fourth monument, situated about 1.5 metres north of the tower, is a 17th-century chest tomb made of Ham stone ashlar. It has a step base, moulded plinth, plain slab sides, a string under a plain frieze, and cyma-recta coving to a heavy hipped top. This tomb commemorates Richard Chaffey the elder, who died in 1631, his wife Avis, who died in 1624, and others, including one death date from 1564.
Local climate
Second Group of 4 Chaffey Monuments in Churchyard, North of Tower, Church of St Mary the Virgin 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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