Monument, in Churchyard and Directly Adjacent to West of Tower of Church of St Catherine is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Monument, in Churchyard and Directly Adjacent to West of Tower of Church of St Catherine
- WRENN ID
- under-casement-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 404 247
- Coordinates
- 51.01918, -2.84966
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, directly to the west of the tower of the Church of St. Catherine. It dates from 1790 and is made of dressed stone. The tomb is rectangular and sits on a moulded plinth, featuring panelled pilasters and a hipped slab top that is moulded around the lower edge. The inscriptions on the tomb are largely decayed, with the exception of those on the south side.
Local climate
Monument, in Churchyard and Directly Adjacent to West of Tower of Church of St Catherine receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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