Cornish Monument in Churchyard About 6 Metres East of Tower, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. A C19 Monument.
Cornish Monument in Churchyard About 6 Metres East of Tower, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- knotted-pillar-rush
- 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 460 191
- Coordinates
- 50.96929, -2.76912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cornish monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 6 meters east of the tower of the Church of All Saints on Church Street. It dates from the 19th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a moulded plinth, plain panels that lean outwards, and scroll pilasters on the sides. It has a moulded hipped top and commemorates James Cornish, who died in 1833.
Local climate
Cornish Monument in Churchyard About 6 Metres East of Tower, Church of All Saints 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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