White Monument in Churchyard About 17 Metres West South West of Tower, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Monument.
White Monument in Churchyard About 17 Metres West South West of Tower, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- worn-string-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 460 191
- Coordinates
- 50.96916, -2.76934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The white monument in the churchyard, located about 17 meters west-southwest of the tower of the Church of All Saints, is a chest tomb from the 18th century made of Ham stone. It features a moulded plinth on a stepped base and has one fielded panel on each face, with coffer-panelled pilasters on the sides. The hipped top has moulded coving and rounded leading edges. This monument commemorates James White, who died in 1775, along with others.
Local climate
White Monument in Churchyard About 17 Metres West South West of Tower, Church of All Saints receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- 4 T White Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South of South East Angle of Chancel of Church of St Swithin
- 5 White Chest Tomb One Metre South of Tower of Church of St Mary
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