Waterman Family Monument in Churchyard, About 14 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. Monument.
Waterman Family Monument in Churchyard, About 14 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- idle-glass-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 239 351
- Coordinates
- 51.11092, -3.08736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Waterman family monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 14 metres south of the tower of the Church of St. Michael. The earliest inscription on the tomb is dedicated to Margaret Waterman, dating from 1758, and is found on the south side. The monument is made of dressed stone and features an elaborate chest design on a moulded plinth. It includes fluted corner pilasters and an additional pilaster at the centre of both the north and south sides. The tomb is topped with a moulded hipped slab and contains dedicatory inscriptions for other members of the Waterman family.
Local climate
Waterman Family Monument in Churchyard, About 14 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Michael receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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