Quantock Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South West of Porch, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Monument.
Quantock Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South West of Porch, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- spare-jamb-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 470 159
- Coordinates
- 50.94056, -2.75497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Quantock monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 5 metres south-west of the porch of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. It dates from the early 18th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a moulded plinth with one plain panel on each end and two on each side, flanked by fluted pilasters capped with Ionic capitals. There is no frieze, and the hipped top has deep moulded coving with rounded leading edges. This monument commemorates James Quantock, who died in 1716.
Local climate
Quantock Monument in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South West of Porch, Church of St Mary the Virgin 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 66% 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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