Group of Ten Monuments in Churchyard Adjacent to South Aisle of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Monument group.
Group of Ten Monuments in Churchyard Adjacent to South Aisle of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- eternal-chamber-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument group
- OS grid reference
- ST 436 210
- Coordinates
- 50.98632, -2.80409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of ten monuments is located in the churchyard adjacent to the south aisle of the Church of St. Martin. These monuments date from the 17th and 18th centuries, except for a chest tomb to the east, which is from the early 19th century. The group includes five chest tombs, four headstones, and a pedestal tomb. The headstones are situated on the west side of the group, consisting of two large and two small stones, all featuring shaped tops and ornamentation, with some inscriptions still visible. Three of the headstones have inscriptions facing east, while the one furthest south has an inscription facing west. The chest tombs are rectangular in shape, with two featuring corner pilasters and hipped slab tops; the chest tomb at the extreme east of the group is from the early 19th century. The pedestal tomb, located to the southeast of the group, has fluted corner pilasters and a domed cap. This collection represents an unusually close grouping of high-quality monuments spanning three centuries.
Local climate
Group of Ten Monuments in Churchyard Adjacent to South Aisle of Church of St Martin receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 62% 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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