Pair of Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard, About 7 Metres East of Chancel, Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Monument.
Pair of Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard, About 7 Metres East of Chancel, Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- hidden-wall-gilt
- 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 107 188
- Coordinates
- 50.96257, -3.27181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description is for a pair of chest tombs located in the churchyard, approximately 7 meters east of the chancel of the Church of the Holy Cross. The tombs date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The southern tomb is made of sandstone and features a flat-topped thick slab with a moulded cornice, resting on a rubble base that lacks ashlar facing. The northern tomb is constructed from Ham stone, has a ledger top, and also sits on a brick and rubble base without ashlar facing. Both tombs are about 300 millimeters above ground.
Local climate
Pair of Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard, About 7 Metres East of Chancel, Church of the Holy Cross receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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