Group of 4 Monuments in Churchyard, About 9 Metres North North East of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Monuments.
Group of 4 Monuments in Churchyard, About 9 Metres North North East of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- twisted-vault-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- ST 484 172
- Coordinates
- 50.95268, -2.7358
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four headstones is located in the churchyard about 9 metres north-north-east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. These monuments date from the 18th and 19th centuries.
The first headstone, known as the Chaffey monument, is from the 18th century and made of Ham stone, measuring approximately 650mm wide and 850mm high, with a thickness of about 10mm. It features a chamfered back, a flat top, and a plain wave-mould frame, commemorating Anne, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Chaffey, who died in 1723.
The second Chaffey monument is also a headstone made of Ham stone, measuring about 650mm wide and 850mm high, with a thickness of around 100mm. It has a chamfered back and a shouldered semi-circular top that frames an angel flanked by scrolls, with a foliated frame. This headstone commemorates John, the son of John and Elizabeth Chaffey, who also died in 1723.
The Richardson monument, another 18th-century headstone made of Ham stone, measures approximately 750mm wide and 1 metre high, with a thickness of about 100mm. It has a chamfered back and a roughly semi-circular top enclosing two semi-circular panels featuring angel heads and a fan shape between them, with a foliated frame to a single panel. This monument commemorates William Richardson, who died in 1761, and his wife Dinah, who died in 1769.
The final headstone, the Murey monument, dates from the 19th century and is made of Ham stone, measuring about 950mm wide and 1.4 metres high, with a thickness of around 100mm. It has a chamfered back and a shouldered semi-circular top adorned with an Adamesque urn and foliage. It features two plain panels with reverse curve top corners and commemorates Silas Murey, who died in 1833, and his wife Dinah, who died in 1806, along with others.
Local climate
Group of 4 Monuments in Churchyard, About 9 Metres North North East of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin 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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