Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard, 18 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard, 18 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- rough-spandrel-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 434 479
- Coordinates
- 51.2276, -2.81072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard, 18 metres south of the south chapel of the Church of St Mary. The tomb is dated 1727 on the south panel, although it may be older. It is made of dressed stone, with a plinth that is buried. The chest features fluted corner pilasters and has recessed panels on each side, although the panel on the north side is badly decayed. It has a moulded cornice and a flat entablature, topped with a massive hipped slab that has a moulded lower edge. Most of the inscriptions on the tomb are significantly decayed.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard, 18 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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