Group of Six Monuments in Churchyard, Immerdiately South of Chancel, Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Monument.
Group of Six Monuments in Churchyard, Immerdiately South of Chancel, Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- WRENN ID
- high-entrance-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Group of Six Monuments in Churchyard, Immerdiately South of Chancel, Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Church Lane, Chiselborough
- OS grid reference
- ST 467 148
- Coordinates
- 50.93073, -2.75887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of six headstones located in the churchyard immediately south of the chancel at the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The monuments date from the 18th and 19th centuries and are made of Ham stone.
The first headstone, commemorating Charles Langdon who died in 1805, is an early 19th-century slab measuring about one metre wide and 1.5 metres tall. It features a flat top with two semi-circular arched panels and carved surrounds, along with two angel heads at the top.
The second headstone, for John Taylor who died in 1801, is also early 19th-century and located three metres south of the chancel. It is about 750 mm wide and 1300 mm high, with a multi-curved top and a single panel displaying an Adamesque urn at the head.
The third headstone, which is unidentified, is situated one metre south of the chancel and dates to the early 18th century. This slab measures approximately 600 mm wide and 900 mm high, featuring a shouldered semi-circular arched top that encloses an angel head with side scrolls, and has a single panel with a carved frame. The inscription is not readable.
The fourth headstone commemorates John Burges, who died in 1755, and is located two metres south of the chancel. This mid-18th-century slab is about one metre wide and 1.25 metres high, with a flat top that includes two panels with carved outer frames and a short centre drop, along with two semi-circular recesses featuring angel heads carved to considerable depth.
The fifth headstone, also unidentified, is about three metres south of the chancel and dates to the early 18th century. This slab measures around 700 mm wide and 800 mm high, with a swan neck pediment top and added scrolls enclosing an angel head, along with a single panel that has a carved surround. It commemorates William H----, who died in 1720.
The sixth headstone, for Charles Rogers who died in 1733, is located about one metre south of the chancel and is early 18th-century. This slab is approximately 700 mm wide and 900 mm high, featuring a semi-circular top that encloses an angel head with added scrolls, and a single panel with a moulded surround.
Local climate
Group of Six Monuments in Churchyard, Immerdiately South of Chancel, Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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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