Monument to Charles Booker in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Monument.
Monument to Charles Booker in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- sunken-spindle-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 301 426
- Coordinates
- 51.1786, -3.00129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Charles Booker is located in the churchyard, about 7 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist. This chest tomb, dated 1773, features dressed stone and is an oblong shape set on a cavetto-moulded plinth. The top slab is also cavetto-moulded around its outer edge. There is an inscription panel on the south side, although other inscriptions have decayed over time.
Local climate
Monument to Charles Booker in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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