Tucker Family Monument in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St Aldhelm and St Eadburgha is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Chest tomb.
Tucker Family Monument in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St Aldhelm and St Eadburgha
- WRENN ID
- twisted-postern-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 329 158
- Coordinates
- 50.93851, -2.9553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tucker family monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 8 metres south of the south transept of the Church of St Aldhelm and St Eadburgha. This early 19th-century monument is made of Ham stone and features a ledger top with a moulded cornice and plinth. It has fluted end pilasters and is inscribed on the north side to Amos Tucker, who died in 1807, and on the south side to Nathaniel Tucker, who died in 1800. The east and west ends of the tomb are plain.
Local climate
Tucker Family Monument in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of South Transept, Church of St Aldhelm and St Eadburgha receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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