Didd Monument in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Catherine is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Monument.
Didd Monument in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Catherine
- WRENN ID
- patient-flagstone-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 496 169
- Coordinates
- 50.94963, -2.71763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Didd monument is a chest tomb located about 7 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Catherine in Montacute. This 17th-century tomb is made of Ham stone. Its base is buried, and it features plain faces with incised borders around single panels on the sides. The heavy flat top is adorned with deep cyma-recta coving. The monument commemorates Thomas Didd, who died in 1687.
Local climate
Didd Monument in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Catherine 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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