Monument 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Catherine is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. Monument.
Monument 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Catherine
- WRENN ID
- other-bastion-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 369 235
- Coordinates
- 51.00817, -2.90025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located 2 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Catherine in Higher Swell, Fivehead. The tomb is made of stone and vermiculated lias and features a moulded plinth. It has an oblong shape with inscriptions on the north and south sides, and a chamfered slab top.
Local climate
Monument 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Catherine receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 30 Metres South South East of Tower, Church of St Catherine
- 2 Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 29 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Catherine
- 3 Monument, in Churchyard About 15 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Catherine
- 4 Unidentified Monument Directly Adjacent to South of Tower of Church of St Catherine, in the Churchyard
- 5 Monument, in Churchyard and Directly Adjacent to West of Tower of Church of St Catherine
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Church of St Catherine
- Swell Court Farmhouse
- Old Granary in the Farmyard at Swell Court Farm to South of Farmhouse
- Gate Piers Gates Steps and Garden Walling to Swell Court Farmhouse
- Swell Cottage
- Gateway to Burton Pynsent House on Road Side
- Hay Barn on North Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm
- Cattle Shelter Bounding West Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm
- Range of Farmbuildings Bounding East Side of Farmyard at Moortown Farm
- Moortown Farmhouse