Pouned Monument in Churchyard 3 Metres South of South Chancel Door, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Tomb.
Pouned Monument in Churchyard 3 Metres South of South Chancel Door, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- inner-hearth-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 635 270
- Coordinates
- 51.04161, -2.52122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 17th century, is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael, three metres south of the south chancel door. It is made of Doulting stone and features a plain chamfered base, with plain flanks and ends. The tomb has a heavy hipped top and cyma-recta coving. It commemorates Thomas Pouned, although no date is discernible.
Local climate
Pouned Monument in Churchyard 3 Metres South of South Chancel Door, Church of St Michael receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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