Monument to Swadell Family in Churchyard 10 M South of Chancel, Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. Monument.
Monument to Swadell Family in Churchyard 10 M South of Chancel, Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- long-garret-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Swadell Family in Churchyard 10 M South of Chancel, Church of St Peter, High Street, North Wootton
- OS grid reference
- ST 563 417
- Coordinates
- 51.17364, -2.62525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the Swadell family is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 10 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Peter. It dates from the 18th century and features an oblong dressed stone chest resting on a significantly decayed plinth. The tomb has fluted corner pilasters and a central pilaster on both the north and south sides. The top is a hipped slab, which is moulded around its lower edge. The earliest inscription on the tomb dates back to 1659 and commemorates a reinterment. There are inscriptions on all sides of the monument.
Local climate
Monument to Swadell Family in Churchyard 10 M South of Chancel, Church of St Peter receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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