Pair of Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard Adjacent to West of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. Tomb.
Pair of Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard Adjacent to West of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-loft-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 352 209
- Coordinates
- 50.98423, -2.92384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of unidentified chest tombs located in the churchyard adjacent to the west of the tower of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. They date from the 17th century and are made of dressed Ham stone. The tombs are oblong in shape and are set side by side on moulded plinths, with slab tops that feature moulding around the lower edges.
Local climate
Pair of Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard Adjacent to West of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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