Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 15 Metres South East of East End of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 15 Metres South East of East End of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-belfry-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 348 416
- Coordinates
- 51.17031, -2.93381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 15 metres southeast of the east end of the Church of St Mary. It is made of freestone and blue lias, featuring an oblong shape on a moulded plinth. The tomb has corner pilasters and a central pilaster on the north and south sides, adorned with floral decorations. The slab top is moulded around its outer edge, and the lias inscription panels are significantly decayed.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 15 Metres South East of East End of Church of St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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