Group of 4 Monuments in Churchyard, About 3 Metres South of South-East Corner of Nave, Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Monuments.

Group of 4 Monuments in Churchyard, About 3 Metres South of South-East Corner of Nave, Church of St Michael and All Angels

WRENN ID
winding-frieze-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1987
Type
Monuments
OS grid reference
ST 471 109
Coordinates
50.89534, -2.75288
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of four monuments is located in the churchyard about 3 metres south of the south-east corner of the nave of the Church of St Michael and All Angels. This group consists of three chest tombs and one headstone, mostly from the 18th century.

The first monument, the Slade monument, is a chest tomb situated 5 metres south of the chancel at the east of the group. It is made of Ham stone and dates from the 18th century, possibly reusing some 17th-century work. It features a moulded plinth, simple ovolo-mould panels on each end and two on the sides, with no frieze, and has a heavy hipped top with cyma-recta coving. This tomb commemorates Margaret, the wife of Edward Slade, who died in 1770.

The second monument, the England monument, is a chest tomb located 2 metres south of the nave, to the north of the group. This late 18th-century chest tomb is also made of Ham stone and has a moulded plinth with one fielded panel on each face, three-panel pilasters on the flanks, and no frieze. It features moulded coving on the hipped top with rounded leading edges and commemorates Robert Steward England, who died in 1799, along with others.

The third monument, also an England monument, is a chest tomb positioned 0.5 metres south of the second and west of the first. This late 18th-century tomb is made of Ham stone and includes a moulded plinth with one fielded panel on each face and single-panel pilasters on the flanks, with no frieze. It has cavetto mould coving on a shallow hipped top with rounded leading edges and commemorates Robert England, who died in 1790.

The fourth monument, another England monument, is a headstone located between the second and third chest tombs. This late 18th-century headstone is made of Ham stone and measures about 700mm wide by 1100mm high. It has a segmental-arched top with scroll shoulders, a plain flat stone featuring an incised ornament of a lined border, and an urn with scrolls at the head. It commemorates John England, who died in 1792.

Local climate

Group of 4 Monuments in Churchyard, About 3 Metres South of South-East Corner of Nave, Church of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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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