Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard, 8 Metres North of North Aisle, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard, 8 Metres North of North Aisle, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- steep-portal-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 434 479
- Coordinates
- 51.22782, -2.81118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 8 metres north of the north aisle of the Church of St Mary. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of dressed stone. The tomb has an oblong shape and rests on a moulded plinth. It features fluted end pilasters on the north and south sides. The south side has a fielded panel with a decayed inscription, while the panel on the north side is missing. The top of the tomb is a hipped slab, which is moulded around its lower edge.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard, 8 Metres North of North Aisle, Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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