Monument in the Churchyard, 15 Metres South of the Chancel, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. A C18 Monument.
Monument in the Churchyard, 15 Metres South of the Chancel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- floating-groin-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 294 524
- Coordinates
- 51.26682, -3.01329
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 15 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of dressed stone. The tomb has sunk into the dunes on which the churchyard is situated. It features a moulded entablature and a hipped slab top that is moulded around its lower edge. This is all that was visible at the time of the re-survey in May 1984.
Local climate
Monument in the Churchyard, 15 Metres South of the Chancel, Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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