Clarke Monument in Churchyard About 2.5 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. Monument.
Clarke Monument in Churchyard About 2.5 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- WRENN ID
- broken-outpost-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 596 308
- Coordinates
- 51.07533, -2.57711
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clarke monument is a chest tomb located about 2.5 meters south of the tower of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury in Lovington. It dates from the late 17th century and is made of Doulting stone. The tomb features a moulded base, which is mostly buried, and has keystoned and dentilled semi-circular arched panels—one at each end and two on each side. These panels are flanked by plain slim pilasters that have impost blocks. The hipped top is adorned with deep cyma-recta coving. The monument commemorates members of the Clarke family, although the inscriptions are badly worn, with one date appearing to be 167-.
Local climate
Clarke Monument in Churchyard About 2.5 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Thomas of Canterbury receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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