Southwood Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Andrew and St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Monument.
Southwood Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Andrew and St Mary
- WRENN ID
- graven-paling-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 220 190
- Coordinates
- 50.96599, -3.11134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Southwood monument is a box tomb located about 3 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St Andrew and St Mary in Pitminster village. It dates from the early to mid-18th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a pyramid top, a moulded cornice, and a plinth, and it has a square plan. There are two inscribed recessed panels on each face; the north and east sides are plain, the west side is illegible, and the south side is inscribed to Samuel Southwood, who died in 1757, and his wife Elizabeth. This monument is noted for its unusual design.
Local climate
Southwood Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Andrew and St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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