Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South of Chancel, Former Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Monument.
Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South of Chancel, Former Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- sacred-corridor-ivy
- 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 351 112
- Coordinates
- 50.89729, -2.92411
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb from the 17th century located about 3 metres south of the chancel of the former Church of St Giles. It is made of Ham stone, with its base buried. The tomb features plain sides and flanks, but there are traces of an armorial carving on the east end. The top is a heavy flat surface with chamfered coving. There is no visible inscription above ground.
Local climate
Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South of Chancel, Former Church of St Giles receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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