Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- heavy-attic-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 490 286
- Coordinates
- 51.05449, -2.72807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located about 13 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Michael in Somerton. It is made of Ham stone with panels of Keinton stone. The base is buried, and there is a plain surround to the square panels, with one panel at each end and two on each side. The tomb features a deep cove-moulded hipped top. Unfortunately, all inscriptions on the tomb have been lost.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Michael receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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