Unknown Monument, in Churchyard About 20 M South of South Porch, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. Monument.
Unknown Monument, in Churchyard About 20 M South of South Porch, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- old-truss-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Unknown Monument, in Churchyard About 20 M South of South Porch, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Street, Croscombe
- OS grid reference
- ST 590 444
- Coordinates
- 51.19734, -2.58732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unknown chest tomb located in the churchyard about 20 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. It dates from the 18th century and is made of dressed stone. The tomb features a moulded plinth and fluted pilasters, with a decorative scrolly cartouche on each face, which originally had an inscription that is now largely decayed. The top of the tomb is a slab that has a cavetto moulding around its lower edge.
Local climate
Unknown Monument, in Churchyard About 20 M South of South Porch, Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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