Grant Monument in Churchyard 8 Metres South East of South Transept, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Tomb.
Grant Monument in Churchyard 8 Metres South East of South Transept, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- south-alcove-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 639 320
- Coordinates
- 51.08655, -2.51621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grant monument is an altar tomb located in the churchyard, 8 metres southeast of the south transept of the Church of All Saints. It dates from the 19th century and is made of Doulting Stone. The base is buried, and the monument features a cuboid shaft with plain sides that have incised panels with reverse-curve corners. It has a four-gabled top adorned with corner anthemion ornaments. The monument commemorates members of the Grant family, with the earliest recorded death date being 1816, although the inscriptions are badly eroded.
Local climate
Grant Monument in Churchyard 8 Metres South East of South Transept, Church of All Saints 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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