Unidentified Monument, About 1 Metre North East of House, Formerly Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. Monument.
Unidentified Monument, About 1 Metre North East of House, Formerly Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- spare-slate-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 581 308
- Coordinates
- 51.07545, -2.59821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located about 1 meter north-east of the former Church of St John the Baptist in Wheathill, Lovington. It is likely from the 18th century and made of Doulting and Keinton stone. The base is buried, featuring plain slab sides and flanks, with moulded coving on the hipped top. Unfortunately, any inscriptions on the tomb have been lost.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument, About 1 Metre North East of House, Formerly Church of St John the Baptist 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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