Whakey Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres North 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.
Whakey Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres North West of Tower, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- errant-moulding-starling
- 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
- 50.96937, -2.76926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wakey monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 15 meters north-west of the tower of the Church of All Saints. It dates from the 17th century and is made of Ham stone. The base is buried, featuring plain slab sides and ends, with a cyma recta mould coving to a heavy flat top. The monument commemorates Robert Whakey, although the date of his death is not readable.
Local climate
Whakey Monument in Churchyard About 15 Metres North 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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