Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 8 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 8 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- pitched-rubblework-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 352 209
- Coordinates
- 50.98421, -2.92343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb from the 17th century, located about 8 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Isle Abbots. The tomb features a dressed Ham stone plinth that is sunken, and the body of the chest consists of four large slabs. The top slab is moulded around the lower edge, although the inscriptions have decayed over time.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 8 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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