Thomas Tayler Monument in Churchyard, About 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. Monument.
Thomas Tayler Monument in Churchyard, About 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- outer-latch-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 668 507
- Coordinates
- 51.25467, -2.47589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Tayler monument is a headstone located about 6 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Andrew. Dated 1681, it commemorates Thomas Tayler. The monument is made of dressed stone and features a scrolled top with a central skull. The inscription is located on the west side, set within a shallow ogee-headed recess that is decorated with reliefs of ears of wheat.
Local climate
Thomas Tayler Monument in Churchyard, About 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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