Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, 500 Millimetres West of North Porch, Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, 500 Millimetres West of North Porch, Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- night-timber-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, 500 Millimetres West of North Porch, Church of St Nicholas, Vicarage Hill, Combe St. Nicholas
- OS grid reference
- ST 301 112
- Coordinates
- 50.89654, -2.99455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, dating from the mid-18th century. It is made of Ham stone and features a ledger top, a moulded cornice, and a plinth. The tomb has moulded surrounds to raised and fielded panels on all sides. The north face is inscribed, although the name is not visible; however, the date of 1759 can be discerned. The tomb is situated 500 millimetres west of the north porch of the Church of St Nicholas.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, 500 Millimetres West of North Porch, Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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