Smith Monument in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Tomb.
Smith Monument in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- spare-moat-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 526 175
- Coordinates
- 50.95575, -2.67619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith monument is a chest tomb located about 9 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St Andrew in Brympton d'Evercy. It dates from the 17th or 18th century and is made of Ham stone. The base is buried, featuring plain sides and cavetto-mould coving leading to a heavy flat top. An inscription on the north side commemorates John Smith, who died in 1775, and his wife Temperance, who died in 1796. The earlier inscription is now lost.
Local climate
Smith Monument in Churchyard, About 9 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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