John Adams Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South of Porch Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Monument.
John Adams Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South of Porch Church of the Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- final-rafter-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 615 494
- Coordinates
- 51.24281, -2.55245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Adams monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 3 meters south of the porch of the Church of the Holy Trinity. It is dated 1671 and commemorates John Adams. The tomb is made of dressed stone and features an oblong shape on a moulded plinth, with reeded corner pilasters and a hipped slab top. Inscriptions can be found on the north side and the east end of the tomb.
Local climate
John Adams Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South of Porch Church of the Holy Trinity receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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