Symes Monument in Churchyard, About One Metre East of South Transept, Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Chest tomb.
Symes Monument in Churchyard, About One Metre East of South Transept, Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- high-rood-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Symes Monument in Churchyard, About One Metre East of South Transept, Church of St Martin, Church Lane, North Perrott
- OS grid reference
- ST 472 095
- Coordinates
- 50.88278, -2.75173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Symes monument is an early 18th-century chest tomb located about one metre east of the south transept of the Church of St Martin in North Perrott. It is made of Ham stone and features a moulded plinth. Each face of the tomb has an open fielded panel, flanked by fluted pilasters. The shallow hipped top has moulded coving and rounded leading edges. This monument commemorates Elizabeth Symes, who died in 1729, along with others.
Local climate
Symes Monument in Churchyard, About One Metre East of South Transept, Church of St Martin receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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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- 4 Symes Monument in the Churchyard About 3 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Michael
- 5 Symons Chest Tomb, 5 Metres North of Church of St Mary the Virgin
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