Hignett Monument in Churchyard, 5 Metres West North West of Porch, Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Monument.
Hignett Monument in Churchyard, 5 Metres West North West of Porch, Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- WRENN ID
- plain-shingle-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 428 249
- Coordinates
- 51.02078, -2.81565
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hignett Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 5 metres west-northwest of the porch of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It dates from the 17th century and is made of hall stone. The monument features a heavy moulded base on a step, with plain sides and ends, and a deep cyma recta coving leading to a heavy flat top. It commemorates Joseph Hignett, who died in 1639.
Local climate
Hignett Monument in Churchyard, 5 Metres West North West of Porch, Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul 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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