Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, 16 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Aldhelm is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. A C17 Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, 16 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Aldhelm
- WRENN ID
- heavy-rotunda-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 646 431
- Coordinates
- 51.1865, -2.50788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard, 16 meters north of the nave of the Church of St. Aldhelm. It is made of dressed stone and has an oblong shape with a very thick slab top that is chamfered at the lower edge. Unfortunately, all inscriptions on the tomb have decayed over time.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, 16 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Aldhelm 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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