Ball Monument in Churchyard About 31 Metres West South West of Tower Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Monument.
Ball Monument in Churchyard About 31 Metres West South West of Tower Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- deep-wicket-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 460 191
- Coordinates
- 50.96913, -2.76976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ball monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 31 meters west-southwest of the tower of the Church of All Saints in Martock. It dates from the 19th century and is made of Ham stone. The monument features a moulded plinth and has one fielded panel on each face, flanked by reeded pilasters. The hipped top is adorned with moulded coving and moulded leading edges. It commemorates Hannah and Edward Ball, who died in 1804 and 1914, along with other family members.
Local climate
Ball Monument in Churchyard About 31 Metres West South West of Tower Church of All Saints receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- 5 Ball and Mitchell Monuments in the Churchyard Between 19 and 22 Metres North of Church of St Mary the Virgin
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