Clarke Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Monument.
Clarke Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- tenth-loft-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 518 457
- Coordinates
- 51.20917, -2.69058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clarke monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 2 meters south of the Church of St Matthew. It commemorates William Clarke, who passed away in 1709. The tomb is made of dressed stone and features an oblong shape resting on a moulded plinth. Each face of the tomb has keyed semi-circular head niches, and the top is a hipped slab that is moulded around its lower edge. There is an inscription on the north side, while the other inscriptions on the remaining faces are largely decayed.
Local climate
Clarke Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Church of St Matthew receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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