Francis Monument and Railings in Churchyard About 20 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Monument.
Francis Monument and Railings in Churchyard About 20 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-mantel-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 522 226
- Coordinates
- 51.00115, -2.68202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Francis monument and railings, located in the churchyard about 20 metres north of the tower of the Church of St. Mary Major, date from the early 19th century. This chest tomb is made of Ham stone and features wrought iron railings. The monument has a paved base and a moulded plinth, with one fielded panel on each face and coffer-panelled pilasters on the sides. The top is hipped with deep moulded coving and rounded leading edges. The railings, which stand on a low stone base and reach about 1.5 metres in height, have waisted spearpoint tops. The monument commemorates members of the Francis family, with the earliest recorded death date being 1801.
Local climate
Francis Monument and Railings in Churchyard About 20 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Mary 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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