Gillingham Monument, Approximately 30 Metres West of Cemetery Mortuary Chapels is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1993. Monument.

Gillingham Monument, Approximately 30 Metres West of Cemetery Mortuary Chapels

WRENN ID
endless-ashlar-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1993
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
ST 319 089
Coordinates
50.87586, -2.96856
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gillingham Monument is a mid-19th century granite obelisk located approximately 30 metres west of the Cemetery Mortuary Chapels in Chard. It features inscriptions that commemorate the Gillingham family, particularly James Gillingham, who lived from 1840 to 1924. James was a shoemaker who gained international recognition for his groundbreaking advancements in artificial limb technology, which he began developing in 1863.

Local climate

Gillingham Monument, Approximately 30 Metres West of Cemetery Mortuary Chapels receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 65% 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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