Sibley Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St Mary Major is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Chest tomb.
Sibley Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St Mary Major
- WRENN ID
- fossil-alcove-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 522 226
- Coordinates
- 51.00091, -2.68158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sibley monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 2 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary Major. It dates from the 17th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a clumsy moulded base, plain sides, and a rudimentary plain frieze. It has a deep cyma-recta coving leading to a shallow hipped top. The monument commemorates members of the Sibley family, although only 19th-century dates are legible.
Local climate
Sibley Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St Mary Major 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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