Chorley Family Monumentin Churchyard, About 3 Metres East of Vestry, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Monument.
Chorley Family Monumentin Churchyard, About 3 Metres East of Vestry, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- dusk-basalt-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 137 227
- Coordinates
- 50.99743, -3.22977
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chorley family monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, approximately 3 meters east of the vestry. This mid-19th century monument is made of Ham stone with blue lias panels and is set on a brick base. It features a ledger top with a moulded cornice and plinth, and fluted Ionic pilasters that create two bays on the north and south sides, with single bays on the east and west sides. The east side has no inscriptions, while the south side is inscribed to John Chorley and his wife, Mary. The north side is dedicated to their son John, who predeceased them in 1847.
Local climate
Chorley Family Monumentin Churchyard, About 3 Metres East of Vestry, Church of All Saints 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 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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