Two Monuments in Churchyard, East North East 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.
Two Monuments in Churchyard, East North East of Tower, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- sombre-bracket-candle
- 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
- Two Monuments in Churchyard, East North East of Tower, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke Sub Hamdon
- OS grid reference
- ST 484 172
- Coordinates
- 50.95269, -2.73593
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two monuments located in the churchyard, east-north-east of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. Both are 17th-century chest tombs made of Ham stone ashlar.
The first, known as the Chaffey monument, is situated about 2 meters east-north-east of the tower. It features a stepped base, a moulded plinth, and plain ends and flanks without a frieze. The top has a cyma-recta coving leading to a flat surface. This tomb commemorates George Chaffey, who died in 1693, as well as Maude, the wife of William Chaffey, who died in 1615, among others.
The second monument is an unidentified chest tomb located approximately 5 meters east-north-east of the tower. Its base is buried, and it also has plain ends and flanks, with no frieze and a cyma-recta coving to a heavy flat top. Unfortunately, the inscriptions on this tomb are too worn to be readable.
Local climate
Two Monuments in Churchyard, East North East 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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