John Kemp Monument in Churchyard, About 2 Metres South of Priest's Door, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1986. Monument.
John Kemp Monument in Churchyard, About 2 Metres South of Priest's Door, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- deep-sandstone-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 020 260
- Coordinates
- 51.02502, -3.39829
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Kemp monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 2 meters south of the priest's door of the Church of St Michael. It dates from the early 17th century and is made from an unidentified stone. The tomb features a flat top with a steeply chamfered edge and consists of monolithic slabs on the north and south sides. The inscription, which has eroded over time, originally read: "Here lieth the body of John Kemp of Raddington buried the VI day of July 160-." The east and west ends of the tomb are open, with a stone lying nearby. This monument is a notable example of an early chest tomb, distinguished by its remarkably clear lettering.
Local climate
John Kemp Monument in Churchyard, About 2 Metres South of Priest's Door, Church of St Michael receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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