Dight Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres West of Tower, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Monument.
Dight Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres West of Tower, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tenth-landing-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 339 140
- Coordinates
- 50.9222, -2.94175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dight Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, approximately 4 metres west of the tower. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a moulded plinth and has one fielded panel on each face, with single panel pilasters on the flanks. The hipped top is adorned with moulded coving and rounded leading edges. The monument commemorates the wife of Mark Dight, although her name and death date are unreadable, as well as James Dight, who died in 1804.
Local climate
Dight Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres West of Tower, Church of St Mary 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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