Trask Monument in Churchyard, About 16 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St Catherine is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Chest tomb.
Trask Monument in Churchyard, About 16 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St Catherine
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-lintel-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 496 169
- Coordinates
- 50.94954, -2.71783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Trask monument is a chest tomb located about 16 metres south of the south transept of the Church of St. Catherine. It dates from the later 18th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a moulded base and has one fielded panel on each side end flank, with coffered pilasters on the flanks and no frieze. The hipped top has moulded coving with rounded leading edges. Although earlier inscriptions are unreadable, one end of the tomb commemorates Kezia Puilin, daughter of John and Martha Trask, who died in 1805.
Local climate
Trask Monument in Churchyard, About 16 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St Catherine receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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