Monument to Jonathan Polwhiele in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Monument.
Monument to Jonathan Polwhiele in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- seventh-tin-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 664 377
- Coordinates
- 51.13828, -2.48071
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located about 2 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. James in the churchyard. It is dedicated to Jonathan Polwhiele and is dated 1630. The monument is made of dressed stone and features a low upright slab with a damaged cambered top. There is a central dedicatory inscription on the west side, surrounded by raised mouldings. This headstone is considered a very early example of its kind.
Local climate
Monument to Jonathan Polwhiele in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St James receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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