Pair of Willie Family Monuments in Churchyard, About 4.5 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Tomb.
Pair of Willie Family Monuments in Churchyard, About 4.5 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- hidden-obsidian-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 222 143
- Coordinates
- 50.92315, -3.10751
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description is for a pair of chest tombs located in the churchyard of the Church of St Leonard, approximately 4.5 meters southeast of the chancel. These monuments date from the mid to late 17th century and are made of Ham stone. They feature flat tops and thick slabs with a cyma recta moulded cornice. The north fronts of both tombs are plain, while the south fronts are inscribed with the names of members of the Willie family from Fyfett, who died in 1666 and 1679, respectively.
Local climate
Pair of Willie Family Monuments in Churchyard, About 4.5 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Leonard 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 64% 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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