Paul Monument in Churchyard, About 14 Metres North of Chancel, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. A Early C19 Monument.
Paul Monument in Churchyard, About 14 Metres North of Chancel, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- WRENN ID
- lesser-vestry-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 321 172
- Coordinates
- 50.95095, -2.96774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Paul monument is a chest tomb located about 14 metres north of the chancel of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ashill, dating from the early 19th century. It is made of Ham stone and features a stepped base and a moulded plinth. Each face has one fielded panel, flanked by fluted pilasters. The shallow hipped top has moulded coving and rounded leading edges. On the north side, there is an oval plaque with fan corners that commemorates John Paul of Whitelactington, who died in 1803.
Local climate
Paul Monument in Churchyard, About 14 Metres North of Chancel, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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