Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres North West of North Porch, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres North West of North Porch, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- half-corner-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 635 270
- Coordinates
- 51.04189, -2.52137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard about 15 metres north-east of the north porch of the Church of St. Michael. It is likely from the early 18th century and is made of Doulting stone. The tomb features a moulded base plinth, with one fielded panel on each end and two on each side. It has a plain frieze and moulded coving on the hipped top. There is no evidence of any inscription, which may have been intended for the frieze.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres North West of North Porch, Church of St Michael receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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.
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