Boundary Marker Against Cemetery Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Boundary marker.
Boundary Marker Against Cemetery Wall
- WRENN ID
- sharp-tower-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Boundary marker
- Address
- Boundary Marker Against Cemetery Wall, Old Road, Ilminster
- OS grid reference
- ST 359 156
- Coordinates
- 50.93683, -2.91267
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This boundary marker, dated 1899, is made of cast iron and has a triangular plan measuring 160 mm by 160 mm at the base and 250 mm high, with a sloped top. The back is hollow, featuring the letters "IUC" on the south face and "RDC" on the north face, with the date 1899 displayed on top. It was established to mark the boundary between Ilminster Urban District Council and the adjoining Rural District Council shortly after their formation under the 1894 Act.
Local climate
Boundary Marker Against Cemetery Wall 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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