Poole Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Chest tomb.
Poole Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- long-solder-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 498 196
- Coordinates
- 50.9744, -2.71566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poole monument is located in the churchyard about 10 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Margaret on St. Margaret's Road. This chest tomb dates from the early 19th century and is made of Ham stone. It features a moulded plinth and one fielded panel on each face, with coffered-panel pilasters on the sides. The hipped top has moulded coving and rounded leading edges. The monument commemorates Poole, who died in 1806, along with other family members.
Local climate
Poole Monument in Churchyard About 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Margaret receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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