Mary Higgins Monument in the Churchyard, About 25 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. Chest tomb.
Mary Higgins Monument in the Churchyard, About 25 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- hidden-corner-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 591 341
- Coordinates
- 51.10492, -2.58493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mary Higgins monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 25 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St Peter. It dates from 1770 and is made of dressed stone. The tomb has a classic oblong shape with a buried plinth, corner pilasters, and a central pilaster on both the north and south sides. The top is a slab with a torus moulded edge. The inscriptions on the north and west sides are much decayed.
Local climate
Mary Higgins Monument in the Churchyard, About 25 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Peter receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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