Seviour Monument in Churchyard Abour Half A Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Mary Major is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Monument.
Seviour Monument in Churchyard Abour Half A Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Mary Major
- WRENN ID
- rough-shingle-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Seviour Monument in Churchyard Abour Half A Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Mary Major, Church Street, Ilchester
- OS grid reference
- ST 522 226
- Coordinates
- 51.00087, -2.68171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Seviour monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary Major, positioned about half a metre south of the chancel. This 18th-century monument is made of Ham stone and features a stepped base, a cavetto-moulded plinth, and plain sides. The shallow hipped top has moulded coving with rounded leading edges. It commemorates Hannah Seviour, who died in 1799.
Local climate
Seviour Monument in Churchyard Abour Half A Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Mary Major receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 63% 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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