Hitchcock Family Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Monument.
Hitchcock Family Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- tall-tower-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 098 210
- Coordinates
- 50.98219, -3.28531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hitchcock family monument is located in the churchyard about 5 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Margaret. This early 19th-century memorial, which may have been altered in the early 20th century, is part of chest tombs that have been reset. It features a rendered rubble wall with a flat stone coping, and one side of the chest tomb is inset. The monument includes a moulded cornice and plinth, with fluted pilasters flanking a lias tablet inscribed to Louisa Hitchcock, who died in 1827, along with other family members. A pencil drawing from 1819, likely a copy, depicts a chest tomb in this location with railings.
Local climate
Hitchcock Family Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St Margaret receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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