Pickford Monument in Churchyard, 11 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Pickford Monument in Churchyard, 11 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- little-tin-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 479 325
- Coordinates
- 51.08958, -2.74451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pickford Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 11 metres southeast of the porch of the Church of St Andrew. It dates from the 18th century and is made of Ham and Keinton stone. The tomb features a moulded base and has a single fielded panel on each end and flank, with coffer-panelled pilasters on the flanks only. It has a deep hipped top and commemorates William Pickford, who died in 1763, along with other family members.
Local climate
Pickford Monument in Churchyard, 11 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% 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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