Pugh Monument in Churchyard, About 16 Metres North of Nave, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Tomb.
Pugh Monument in Churchyard, About 16 Metres North of Nave, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- WRENN ID
- graven-roof-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 321 172
- Coordinates
- 50.95097, -2.96787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pugh monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 16 metres north of the nave of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a stepped base and a moulded plinth, with one fielded panel on each face and fluted pilasters on the sides. The top is shallow and hipped, with rounded leading edges. This monument commemorates Zebulon Pugh, who died in 1821, and his wife Rebecca, who died in 1820.
Local climate
Pugh Monument in Churchyard, About 16 Metres North of Nave, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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