Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 13 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Monument.

Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 13 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Nicholas

WRENN ID
secret-casement-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1987
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
ST 301 112
Coordinates
50.89667, -2.99477
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 18th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard about 13 metres north of the tower of the Church of St Nicholas. The tomb features a top made of Ham stone, while the rest is possibly constructed from Portland stone. It has a ledger top with a strongly moulded cornice and an egg and waterlead moulded entablature. The north and south fronts have similar moulded surrounds to the panels, and the east and west ends are bayed out with returns. A skull is carved at the east end, and an hourglass is depicted between palms at the west end. The inscriptions on the panels are no longer legible and the tomb is much eroded and overgrown with ivy, as noted during a survey in November 1985. This tomb is considered a fine example of early 18th-century craftsmanship.

Local climate

Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 13 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 65% 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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