Gapper and Bandle Monuments in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of Chancel Door, Church of St Stephen is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Monument.
Gapper and Bandle Monuments in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of Chancel Door, Church of St Stephen
- WRENN ID
- brooding-lime-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 374 062
- Coordinates
- 50.85242, -2.88951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gapper and Bandle monuments are located in the churchyard about 8 metres south of the chancel door of the Church of St Stephen. There are two chest tombs:
(a) The Gapper monument, dating from the early 19th century, is made of Ham stone and features a moulded base with fielded panels, one on each end and two on each side, flanked by fluted pilasters. It has a moulded coving on a shallow hipped top with rounded leading edges. This tomb commemorates Francis Gapper, who died in 1803, along with others.
(b) The Bandle monument, from the early 17th century, is also made of Ham stone. Its base is buried, and it has plain sides and flanks, with a cyma-recta coving leading to a heavy flat top. This tomb commemorates John Bandle, a yeoman who died in 1611.
Local climate
Gapper and Bandle Monuments in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of Chancel Door, Church of St Stephen receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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