Three Monuments in Churchyard, About 14 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1988. Monuments.
Three Monuments in Churchyard, About 14 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- stark-gateway-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1988
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- ST 432 168
- Coordinates
- 50.94812, -2.80936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three monuments are located in the churchyard about 14 metres south of the south transept of the Church of St Peter and St Paul. The first is the Harding monument, a chest tomb from the early 19th century made of Ham stone. It features a moulded plinth on a stepped base, with one panel on each face flanked by fluted pilasters and no frieze. The shallow hipped top has rounded leading edges. This tomb commemorates Mary, the wife of William Harding, who died in 1807.
The second monument is an unidentified headstone located about 3 metres south of the Harding monument, dating from around 1700. It is made of Ham stone and measures approximately 600mm by 650mm and 100mm thick. It has a semi-circular arched panel with fluted sideshafts and scroll decoration at the top, though the inscription is badly worn.
The third headstone is immediately south of the second and dates from the later 17th century. Also made of Ham stone, it measures about 600mm by 600mm and 100mm thick, featuring a plain panel with a shouldered semi-circular arched top that displays a sideways skull. This headstone commemorates Anne, who died in 1677.
Local climate
Three Monuments in Churchyard, About 14 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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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