Group of 7 Monuments in Churchyard, Adjacent to Nave, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. A Post-Medieval Monuments.
Group of 7 Monuments in Churchyard, Adjacent to Nave, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- drifting-barrel-wren
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1986
- Type
- Monuments
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- OS grid reference
- ST 695 524
- Coordinates
- 51.2701, -2.43716
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of seven monuments located in the churchyard adjacent to the nave of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. The group consists of four chest tombs and three headstones.
The nearest chest tomb to the church is that of John Moore, dated 1676. It is made of dressed stone and features a moulded plinth, carved pilasters, a frieze with rosettes, and ornamental panels between the pilasters, topped with a hipped slab that has a moulded lower edge. Next to it, to the south, is another chest tomb for John Moore, dated 1622. This tomb is also made of dressed stone and consists of four large slabs on a simply moulded plinth, with a dentil cornice and a slab top that is moulded around the outer edge.
Further south is the chest tomb for the Moore family, dated 1644 and later. This tomb is constructed from dressed stone and features a plinth, fielded and fluted pilasters, and inscribed slate panels with floral ornament between the pilasters. It also has a hipped slab top that is moulded around its lower edge.
Adjacent to the east is an unidentified chest tomb from 1632, made of dressed stone with a buried plinth. It is decorated with much arabesque strapwork and has oval panels on the north and south sides, although the inscriptions are largely obscured by lichen. This tomb has a massive hipped slab top.
On the east side of this group of chest tombs are three headstones dated 1680, 1692, and 1720, two of which have shaped tops and feature inscriptions.
Local climate
Group of 7 Monuments in Churchyard, Adjacent to Nave, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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