Unknown Monument in the Churchyard 9 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. Chest tomb.
Unknown Monument in the Churchyard 9 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- guardian-flagstone-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 564 318
- Coordinates
- 51.08441, -2.62284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard, 9 metres south of the porch of the Church of St. Peter in Lydford-on-Fosse. It is made of dressed lias and Ham stone and features a classic oblong shape on a moulded plinth, although the plinth was buried during a re-survey in August 1984. The tomb has end pilasters on the north and south sides, along with a central pilaster, each topped with a relief carving of an angel's head. There are carved circular panels between the pilasters that contain inscriptions, which are now much decayed, as well as similar circular panels on the east and west ends. The top of the tomb is a hipped slab, which is moulded around its lower edge.
Local climate
Unknown Monument in the Churchyard 9 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Peter receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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