Unidentified Monument, in the Churchyard 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument, in the Churchyard 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- small-hall-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 528 283
- Coordinates
- 51.05239, -2.67412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 6 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. It is likely from the 17th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a moulded base, plain sides, and a heavy hipped top with cyma recta coving. There is a Keinton stone insert on the south side, but no inscription is visible.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument, in the Churchyard 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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