Monument to Richard Hippisley in Churchyard, 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Monument.
Monument to Richard Hippisley in Churchyard, 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of All Saints
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- 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 597 374
- Coordinates
- 51.13488, -2.57709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Richard Hippisley is located in the churchyard, 6 metres south of the chancel of the Church of All Saints in East Pennard. This 17th-century chest tomb features an inscription on the west end that commemorates Richard Hippisley, who died in 1607. It is constructed from dressed stone, with a sunken plinth and a plain oblong chest made up of four large slabs. The top is a hipped slab with a moulded edge around the lower part.
Local climate
Monument to Richard Hippisley in Churchyard, 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of All Saints receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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