Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 9 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. Monument.
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 9 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- rusted-fireplace-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 239 351
- Coordinates
- 51.11099, -3.08718
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard about 9 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Michael. It dates from the early 18th century and is made of dressed stone. The tomb is oblong in shape and features a raised panel with a moulded edge on each face. The north and south sides have inscriptions that are now mostly decayed, while the west side displays emblems of mortality, and the east side is blank. The top of the tomb has a hipped slab that is moulded around the lower edge.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 9 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Michael receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- 4 Unidentified Monument, About 1 1/2 Metres South of South East Corner of Chancel in Churchyard of Church of St Michael
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