Danyell Monument in Churchyard About 0.5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. A Renaissance Monument.
Danyell Monument in Churchyard About 0.5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- WRENN ID
- stony-beam-hemlock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Renaissance
- OS grid reference
- ST 596 308
- Coordinates
- 51.07537, -2.57696
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Danyell monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 0.5 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury. It dates from the early 17th century and is made of Doulting stone. The tomb features a moulded plinth on a slab base, with semi-circular arched panels—one at each end and two on each side—adorned with fluted Ionic pilasters. It has an elaborately detailed deep frieze on a dentil course, decorated with scrollwork, and a shallow cove moulding leading to a heavy, steeply pitched hipped top. The monument commemorates several members of the Danyell family, with inscriptions that are worn, but one on the north side includes the date of 1623.
Local climate
Danyell Monument in Churchyard About 0.5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Thomas of Canterbury receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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