Darbey Monument in Churchyard, About 11 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1988. Monument.
Darbey Monument in Churchyard, About 11 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- weathered-clay-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 402 127
- Coordinates
- 50.91112, -2.85053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Darbey monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 11 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Nicholas. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of Ham stone. The base is buried, featuring one fielded panel on each end and on the flanks, with single-panel pilasters on the sides and no frieze. The tomb has a moulded coving to its shallow hipped top, which has rounded leading edges. It commemorates John Darbey, who died in 1817.
Local climate
Darbey Monument in Churchyard, About 11 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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