Stringfellow Monument, Approximately 65 Metres West of Cemetery Mortuary Chapels is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1993. Monument.
Stringfellow Monument, Approximately 65 Metres West of Cemetery Mortuary Chapels
- WRENN ID
- dusted-quoin-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1993
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 319 089
- Coordinates
- 50.87583, -2.96904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stringfellow Monument is a late 19th-century memorial located approximately 65 metres west of the Cemetery Mortuary Chapels in Chard. It features a white marble obelisk adorned with bronze wreaths, set on a stepped plinth and enclosed by iron railings. The monument commemorates John Stringfellow, who died in 1883 and is recognized for inventing the first engine-driven aeroplane that successfully flew.
Local climate
Stringfellow Monument, Approximately 65 Metres West of Cemetery Mortuary Chapels receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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