Monument to Elizabeth Ricketts in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Monument.
Monument to Elizabeth Ricketts in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- endless-obsidian-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 690 390
- Coordinates
- 51.14955, -2.44447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Elizabeth Ricketts is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 7 metres south of the tower of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. It is dated 1742 and is made of dressed stone. The tomb has an oblong narrow shape on a sunken plinth, with a steeply hipped capping. An inscription can be found on the north side.
Local climate
Monument to Elizabeth Ricketts in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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