Leach Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Chest tomb.
Leach Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- third-remnant-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 507 154
- Coordinates
- 50.93642, -2.70287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Leach monument is a chest tomb located in the churchyard about 4 metres south-east of the chancel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul. It dates from the 17th century and is made of Ham stone. The base and sides are half buried, with plain slabs on the ends and flanks. The flat top features deep cyma recta coving. This monument commemorates John Leach, who died in 1678.
Local climate
Leach Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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