Ames Monument in Churchyard, 5 Metres South of Organ Chamber of Church of St Aldhelm is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Chest tomb.
Ames Monument in Churchyard, 5 Metres South of Organ Chamber of Church of St Aldhelm
- WRENN ID
- salt-rafter-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 646 431
- Coordinates
- 51.1862, -2.50755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ames monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 5 meters south of the organ chamber of the Church of St. Aldhelm. It features the earliest inscription dating from 1700, along with a restoration inscription from 1869, dedicated to the Ames family. The monument is made of dressed stone and has an oblong shape resting on a moulded plinth. Each face of the tomb has inscription panels surrounded by bolection-moulded surrounds. The top is a stepped hipped slab with a moulded lower edge, and there are inscriptions on the north and south sides.
Local climate
Ames Monument in Churchyard, 5 Metres South of Organ Chamber of Church of St Aldhelm receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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