Monument to Humphrey Parfitt in Churchyard, 2 Metres West of Churchyard Cross, Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Monument.
Monument to Humphrey Parfitt in Churchyard, 2 Metres West of Churchyard Cross, Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- secret-gable-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 668 433
- Coordinates
- 51.1881, -2.47609
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dedicated to Humphrey Parfitt, dating from 1674. It is made of dressed stone and features a chamfered plinth, a rectangular chest, and a cavetto-moulded slab top. The tomb is located in the churchyard, 2 metres west of the Churchyard Cross at the Church of St Bartholomew.
Local climate
Monument to Humphrey Parfitt in Churchyard, 2 Metres West of Churchyard Cross, Church of St Bartholomew 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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