Group of 3 Southwood Family Monuments in Churchyard, About 1 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Monuments.
Group of 3 Southwood Family Monuments in Churchyard, About 1 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- unlit-tin-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1986
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- ST 195 145
- Coordinates
- 50.92451, -3.1455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located about 1 meter south of the south aisle of the Church of St Peter and St Paul. The northern tomb is dedicated to John Southwood and dates from the late 17th to early 18th century. It is made of Ham stone and features a flat top, a cyma recta moulded cornice, and a plinth. The north side has plain panels with illegible inscriptions, while the south side is obscured by ivy. The west end is inscribed to John Southwood of Burnworthy, who died in 1720, and the east end has an inscription for another member of the same family. The middle tomb is for Robert Southwood, who died in 1666. The southern tomb, dating from the 18th century, is also made of Ham stone and has a flat top with a cyma recta moulded cornice and columns at the angles. The east end has an illegible inscription, while the west end is dedicated to the wife of a member of the Southwood family.
Local climate
Group of 3 Southwood Family Monuments in Churchyard, About 1 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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