Brown Monument in Churchyard About 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Monument.
Brown Monument in Churchyard About 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-flue-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 498 196
- Coordinates
- 50.97445, -2.71566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The brown monument located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Margaret, about 6 metres south of the chancel, is a chest tomb from the late 17th century. It is made of Ham stone and features a base that is buried, plain sides, and moulded coving on the flat top with rounded leading edges. This monument commemorates Thomas Brown, who died in 1672.
Local climate
Brown Monument in Churchyard About 6 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Margaret receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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