The Thomas Memorial, 22 Metres East of Chancel in Churchyard, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Monument.
The Thomas Memorial, 22 Metres East of Chancel in Churchyard, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- winding-gallery-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 711 284
- Coordinates
- 51.05506, -2.41307
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Memorial is an early 19th-century monument located 22 metres east of the chancel in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Wincanton. It is made of white marble and designed in the style of John Soane. The memorial features a plinth composed of three courses, approximately 900mm square at the base, and a tapered main block. The north face has a recessed panel displaying a coat of arms with three birds and a chevron, along with an inscription. Each face of the monument is topped with a pediment supported by corner antae, a block, and a broken fluted column entwined with ivy. The memorial commemorates Elliot Grasset Thomas and his family, although the dates are not legible. Originally, the monument was surrounded by railings, but only the plinth remains today.
Local climate
The Thomas Memorial, 22 Metres East of Chancel in Churchyard, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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