Chaffey and Wood Monuments in Churchyard, About 18 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Monument.
Chaffey and Wood Monuments in Churchyard, About 18 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- pale-grate-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 379 152
- Coordinates
- 50.93373, -2.88419
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chaffey and Wood monuments are a pair of chest tombs located about 18 meters north of the chancel at the Church of St Mary the Virgin. They date from the 18th century.
The eastern tomb is the Chaffey monument, made of Ham stone. Its base is buried, and it features one fielded panel on each face, with single-panel pilasters on the sides. The frieze is plain, and it has a moulded coving on the steeply hipped top with rounded leading edges. This monument commemorates members of the Chaffey family who died in the late 17th century and early 18th century.
The western tomb is the Wood monument, also made of Ham stone, with its base buried as well. It has one panel with a wave-mould frame on each face, a slight centre-drop, and fluted pilasters on the sides. The top is hipped with moulded coving and rounded leading edges. This monument commemorates Mary Wood, who died in 1738.
Local climate
Chaffey and Wood Monuments in Churchyard, About 18 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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