Monument to John Wride, approximately 150 metres North East of Magnolia House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Monument.
Monument to John Wride, approximately 150 metres North East of Magnolia House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 347 475
- Coordinates
- 51.22313, -2.93535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Wride is located approximately 150 metres northeast of Magnolia House. It dates from 1710 and consists of a plain rectangular headstone featuring a dedicatory inscription, along with a smaller footstone that has a cambered head inscribed with "JW JW". This site is believed to be the burial place of a non-conformist. Magnolia House is thought to have served as a non-conformist meeting place in the 18th century. The monument is noted as a rare survival of a burial in unconsecrated ground.
Local climate
Monument to John Wride, approximately 150 metres North East of Magnolia House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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