Lilly Monument in Churchyard About 28 Metres West South West of Tower, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Monument.
Lilly Monument in Churchyard About 28 Metres West South West of Tower, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- pitched-oriel-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 460 191
- Coordinates
- 50.96912, -2.76969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lilly monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 28 metres west-southwest of the tower of the Church of All Saints. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb has a trapezoidal plan with a chamfered plinth and plain sides and ends. Its pitched roof features side gables and a roll ridge that forms a Latin cross, with cinquefoil cusping on each gable. The monument commemorates John Lilley, who died in 1823, along with other family members.
Local climate
Lilly Monument in Churchyard About 28 Metres West South West of Tower, Church of All Saints receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 62% 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Ludlam Monument in Churchyard, About 500 Millimetres North of Vestry, Church of St Michael and All Angels
- 2 Lilleycrop Headstone Approximately 35 Metres South South West of the Tower of the Church of St Giles
- 3 Lea Monument in the Churchyard, 0.5 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St John Baptist
- 4 Pill Monument, About 2 Metres from East Window in Churchyard of Church of All Saints
- 5 Two Monuments in the Churchyard, 8 Metres South of the Tower, Church of St Michael and All Angels
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