Hunt Monument in Churchyard, Against West Wall of South Transept, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. A C19 Monument.
Hunt Monument in Churchyard, Against West Wall of South Transept, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- eternal-tallow-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Hunt Monument in Churchyard, Against West Wall of South Transept, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Owl Street, Stocklinch
- OS grid reference
- ST 386 170
- Coordinates
- 50.94985, -2.87454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hunt monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard against the west wall of the south transept of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of Ham stone with wrought iron railings. The tomb features a tall moulded plinth and panelled sides, with one panel at each end and two on each side, adorned with fluted Ionic pilasters. There is no frieze, and the shallow hipped top has moulded coving. The monument is enclosed by wrought iron railings with necked spear points, which are set on a shallow stone plinth. It commemorates John Hunt, who died in 1824.
Local climate
Hunt Monument in Churchyard, Against West Wall of South Transept, Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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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