Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, Adjacent to South Chancel of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, Adjacent to South Chancel of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- drifting-turret-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 625 363
- Coordinates
- 51.12499, -2.53604
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dating from 1587, located in the churchyard adjacent to the south chancel of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Ditcheat. The tomb is made of dressed stone and features a large, squat design consisting of stone slabs set on a slab base. It has a massive chamfered slab top. The south side of the tomb has a decayed inscription that includes the date "1587," while there is a further 17th-century inscription on the west end.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, Adjacent to South Chancel of Church of St Mary Magdalene receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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