Staple Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Chest tomb.
Staple Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- scarred-paling-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 484 172
- Coordinates
- 50.95262, -2.73576
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Staple monument is a chest tomb located about 13 metres east of the chancel at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in East Stoke. It dates from the 19th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a stepped base with a moulded kerb, a moulded plinth, and one fielded panel on each end and side. It has two-panel pilasters on the flanks and lacks a frieze. The hipped top is adorned with moulded coving and rounded leading edges. This monument commemorates Harriet, the wife of Joseph Staple, who died in 1834, along with others.
Local climate
Staple Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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