Parsons Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South East of Porch, 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. A C17 Monument.
Parsons Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South East of Porch, Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- broken-tin-elm
- 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 561 287
- Coordinates
- 51.05652, -2.62701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Parsons Monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 5 meters southeast of the porch of the Church of the Holy Cross. It likely dates from the early 17th century and is made of Doulting stone. The monument features a crude, heavy moulded base on a step, with plain slab flanks and ends, and deep cyma recta coving to the flat top. It commemorates members of the Parsons family, with flank inscriptions that are badly weathered. There is an inscription on the east end dedicated to John Parsons, who died in 1817.
Local climate
Parsons Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South East of Porch, 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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