Prowse Monument in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Andrew and St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Monument.
Prowse Monument in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Andrew and St Mary
- WRENN ID
- salt-cinder-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 220 190
- Coordinates
- 50.96599, -3.11141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Prowse monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 7 meters south of the tower of the Church of St Andrew and St Mary. It dates from the early 18th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a ledger top, a moulded cornice, a moulded plinth, and raised and fielded panels. The inscriptions on the south bays and the west end are illegible, while the east end is plain. The north bays are inscribed with the names of Robert Prowse, who died in 1739, and his wife Ann, who died in 1735, both of which are presented in good lettering.
Local climate
Prowse Monument in Churchyard, About 7 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Andrew and St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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