Chest Tomb, 5 Yards to South East of Porch of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1983. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb, 5 Yards to South East of Porch of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- third-copper-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1983
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 777 678
- Coordinates
- 51.40963, -2.32128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 5 yards to the south-east of the porch of the Church of St. John the Baptist, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed from Bath stone ashlar and features panelled sides with a moulded cornice. Projecting Tuscan columns flank inscribed panels that are adorned with carved decorative friezes. The end panels display carved foliage decoration and heads. This tomb is a finely carved example of the local tradition of chest tombs and enhances the setting of the church.
Local climate
Chest Tomb, 5 Yards to South East of Porch of Church of St John the Baptist 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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