Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 14 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 14 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- lone-spire-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 195 145
- Coordinates
- 50.92437, -3.14562
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 14 meters south of the porch of the Church of St Peter and St Paul. It dates from the late 17th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a flat top with a cyma recta moulded cornice. There are inscriptions on the north and east ends, although they are largely illegible, while the date of 1688 can be discerned on the west end.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 14 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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