Pope Monument, 25 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.
Pope Monument, 25 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- solitary-spire-swallow
- 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
- 51.10224, -2.68706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pope monument, located 25 metres south of the nave of the Church of St. Leonard, is an 18th-century chest tomb made of dressed stone. It features an oblong chest resting on a buried plinth, with pilasters on the north and south sides that have cherubs in relief on colonnettes. The east and west ends have inscriptions set in shallow semi-circular-headed niches, also adorned with cherubs in relief; these inscriptions are much decayed, including one dedicated to John Pope. The tomb is topped with a hipped slab that has a moulded lower edge.
Local climate
Pope Monument, 25 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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