Limbry Monument in the Churchyard, 4 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Limbry Monument in the Churchyard, 4 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- still-stronghold-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 479 325
- Coordinates
- 51.08965, -2.74454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limbry monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 4 metres southeast of the porch of the Church of St Andrew. It dates from the 18th century and is made of Ham stone with Keinton stone slabs. The tomb features a moulded base, single-panel ends, and two-panel flanks adorned with swag decorations on the flanking pilasters. It has a deep rudimentary frieze and an almost flat top with rounded edges. The monument commemorates John Limbry, who died in 1757, as well as another individual who died in 1671.
Local climate
Limbry Monument in the Churchyard, 4 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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