Overton Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. Chest tomb.
Overton Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- vacant-turret-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 561 287
- Coordinates
- 51.05651, -2.62697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Overton Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 5 meters south of the chancel of the Church of the Holy Cross. It dates from the early to mid-17th century and is made of Doulting stone. The tomb features a heavy moulded plinth on a step, with plain sides and ends, and a deep cyma-recta coving on the flat top. It commemorates William Overton, a gentleman who died in 1626, and his wife Frances, who died in 1652.
Local climate
Overton Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of the Holy Cross 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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