Shore Monument in Churchyard, About 500 Millimetres East of Chancel, Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Chest tomb.
Shore Monument in Churchyard, About 500 Millimetres East of Chancel, Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- sacred-pedestal-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Shore Monument in Churchyard, About 500 Millimetres East of Chancel, Church of St Michael and All Angels, Church Lane, Haselbury Plucknett
- OS grid reference
- ST 471 109
- Coordinates
- 50.8954, -2.75284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shore monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, about 500 millimetres east of the chancel. This mid-18th century tomb is made of Ham stone and features a stepped base and a moulded plinth. Each of its four faces has one fielded panel, with three-panel pilasters on the flanks and no frieze. The hipped top is adorned with moulded carving and rounded leading edges. The monument commemorates James Shore, who died in 1758, and his wife Ann, who died in 1771.
Local climate
Shore Monument in Churchyard, About 500 Millimetres East of Chancel, Church of St Michael and All Angels 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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