Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 20 Metres North of North Aisle, Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 20 Metres North of North Aisle, Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- secret-bronze-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 301 112
- Coordinates
- 50.89671, -2.99454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 24 meters north of the north aisle of the Church of St Nicholas. It is made of Ham stone and features a ledger top, a moulded cornice, and a plinth. The tomb has fluted end pilasters that do not have capitals. The south face of the tomb is inscribed, possibly in memory of William Hill.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 20 Metres North of North Aisle, Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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