Unknown Monument and Railed Enclosure in Churchyard, 5 Metres West of Church of the Holy Trinity Unknown Monument and Railed Enclosure in the Churchyard 5 Metres to West of Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Monument.

Unknown Monument and Railed Enclosure in Churchyard, 5 Metres West of Church of the Holy Trinity Unknown Monument and Railed Enclosure in the Churchyard 5 Metres to West of Church of the Holy Trinity

WRENN ID
deep-attic-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
ST 408 477
Coordinates
51.22599, -2.84824
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a chest tomb dated 1827, located in the churchyard 5 metres west of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Blackford. It is made of dressed stone and has a plain oblong shape with corner pilasters and a slab top. The tomb is enclosed by a railed structure, featuring an urn finial at each corner, although the urn finial at the southeast corner is missing. At the time of the last survey in April 1984, the tomb was much overgrown with ivy.

Local climate

Unknown Monument and Railed Enclosure in Churchyard, 5 Metres West of Church of the Holy Trinity Unknown Monument and Railed Enclosure in the Churchyard 5 Metres to West of Church of the Holy Trinity receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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