Gunis Monument in Churchyard, 6 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Aldhelm is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Monument.
Gunis Monument in Churchyard, 6 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Aldhelm
- WRENN ID
- far-steel-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 646 431
- Coordinates
- 51.18644, -2.50782
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gunis monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 6 metres north of the north porch of the Church of St. Aldhelm. It commemorates Dianna Sunis, who died in 1727, with a later inscription that is now mostly obscured. The tomb is made of dressed stone and features an oblong shape on a moulded plinth that is partially buried. It has corner and intermediate pilasters adorned with carved decorations, including emblems of mortality and fluting. The monument is topped with a hipped slab that has a moulded edge along its lower side.
Local climate
Gunis Monument in Churchyard, 6 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Aldhelm receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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