Berry Monument in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Nave, Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Chest tomb.
Berry Monument in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Nave, Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- tall-lintel-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Berry Monument in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Nave, Church of St James, Chillington
- OS grid reference
- ST 389 110
- Coordinates
- 50.89594, -2.86917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Berry monument is a chest tomb located about one metre south of the nave of the Church of St James in Chillington. It dates from the 17th century and is made of Ham stone. The base is buried, and the tomb features plain sides and flanks, with chamfered coving leading to a plain, flat top. It commemorates William Berry, who died in 1660.
Local climate
Berry Monument in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Nave, Church of St James 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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