Hood Family Monument, 24 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Chest tomb.
Hood Family Monument, 24 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- spare-hall-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 519 338
- Coordinates
- 51.10228, -2.6871
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hood family monument is a chest tomb located 24 metres south of the nave of the Church of St. Leonard. It dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century and is made of dressed stone. The tomb features an oblong chest resting on a moulded plinth, with an entablature that includes triglyphs, guttae, and a dentil cornice. The slab top has fluted ends and scroll decoration. The earliest inscription on the monument is for John Periam of Wootton House, dated 1788, although the monument is primarily dedicated to the Hood family. It also includes inscriptions for Captain Alexander Hood from 1798 and Admiral Lord Hood of Avalon, along with additional 19th-century inscriptions.
Local climate
Hood Family Monument, 24 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Leonard receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% 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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