Monument and Railed Enclosure to Eli Cook in the Churchyard, One Metre South of South Chapel, Church of St Christopher is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Monument.
Monument and Railed Enclosure to Eli Cook in the Churchyard, One Metre South of South Chapel, Church of St Christopher
- WRENN ID
- waiting-spindle-pearl
- 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
- Address
- Monument and Railed Enclosure to Eli Cook in the Churchyard, One Metre South of South Chapel, Church of St Christopher, Church Road, Lympsham
- OS grid reference
- ST 335 541
- Coordinates
- 51.28265, -2.95443
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dedicated to Eli Cook, dating from 1779, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Christopher, one metre south of the south chapel. The tomb is made of dressed stone and features a moulded plinth, an oblong chest with fluted corner pilasters, and medallions on the west and south sides. The north side has an inscription, and the tomb is topped with a fluted entablature and a moulded slab. It is enclosed by a railed fence, with an urn finial at each corner.
Local climate
Monument and Railed Enclosure to Eli Cook in the Churchyard, One Metre South of South Chapel, Church of St Christopher receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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