Sampson Monument in Churchyard, About 2 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Monument.
Sampson Monument in Churchyard, About 2 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- other-cobble-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 519 153
- Coordinates
- 50.93579, -2.68547
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sampson monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 2 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Andrew. It dates from the late 17th century and was reused in the 19th century. The monument is made of Ham stone and features a moulded plinth, plain sides, and cyma-recta coving to its hipped top. The earliest person commemorated is James Sampson, along with his wife, who died in 1841, and also William Sampson, whose death date is uncertain.
Local climate
Sampson Monument in Churchyard, About 2 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew 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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