Group of 3 Monuments in Churchyard, North and North West of Nave, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Monuments.
Group of 3 Monuments in Churchyard, North and North West of Nave, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- rusted-passage-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- Address
- Group of 3 Monuments in Churchyard, North and North West of Nave, Church of St Mary, Main Street, Chilthorne Domer, South Somerset
- OS grid reference
- ST 524 194
- Coordinates
- 50.97232, -2.67842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of three monuments is located in the churchyard, north and north-west of the nave of the Church of St Mary.
The first monument is the Hutwell monument, situated about 3 metres north of the nave. This chest tomb dates from the early 18th century and is made of Ham stone. Its base is buried, and it features panels with wave-mould borders, one on each end and two on each side, with pilasters incised with foliage designs and flaming torches. There is no frieze, and it has a heavy hipped top with cyma-recta coving. This monument commemorates Christopher Hutwell, who died in 1716, along with others.
The second monument is the Hares monument, located about 4 metres north-west of the nave. This chest tomb is from the 17th century and is also made of Ham stone. It has a moulded plinth with plain sides and no frieze, topped with a flat surface that has cyma-recta coving. It commemorates John Hares, who died in 16--, along with others.
The third monument is the Janys monument, positioned about 5 metres north-west of the nave. This chest tomb, dating from the 17th century, is made of Ham stone and features a moulded plinth with plain sides and no frieze, also topped with a flat surface and cyma-recta coving. It commemorates -----, the wife of Edmund Janys, who died in 1783, along with others, although earlier inscriptions are not readable.
Local climate
Group of 3 Monuments in Churchyard, North and North West of Nave, Church of St Mary 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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