Moore Monument in Churchyard, Adjacent to Porch of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. Tomb.
Moore Monument in Churchyard, Adjacent to Porch of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- drifting-banister-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 668 507
- Coordinates
- 51.25473, -2.4759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Moore monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, next to the porch of the Church of St. Andrew. The earliest legible date on the north side is 1667, with an inscription on the east end dedicated to William Moore. The tomb is made of dressed stone and features a sunken plinth, an oblong chest with recessed panels on each face, and a heavily decayed inscription. The top is a hipped slab that has a moulded edge around its lower part.
Local climate
Moore Monument in Churchyard, Adjacent to Porch of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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