Pittman Monument in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. Monument.
Pittman Monument in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- ghost-lantern-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 668 507
- Coordinates
- 51.25463, -2.47594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pittman Monument is a chest tomb located about 9 meters south of the porch of the Church of St. Andrew in Holcombe. The earliest legible inscription commemorates two sons of James Pittman and dates back to 1682. The monument is made of dressed stone and features a sunken plinth with an oblong chest. Inscriptions are found on the south side and the west end, with the west end displaying an oval plaque surrounded by a floral design. The top of the tomb has a hipped slab that is moulded around its lower edge. At the time of the last survey in April 1985, the east end had collapsed and the top had slipped.
Local climate
Pittman Monument in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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