Unidentified Chest Tomb, 18 Metres East of East End of All Saints Church is a Grade II* listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. A C15 Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb, 18 Metres East of East End of All Saints Church
- WRENN ID
- low-nave-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 401 668
- Coordinates
- 51.39759, -2.86223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located 18 metres east of the east end of All Saints Church in Kingston Seymour. It dates from the 15th or 16th century and is a large, squat structure. The tomb features a once heavily moulded slab that rests on panels adorned with deep quatrefoils, all set on a hollow chamfered plinth. It is reputed to be the burial site of a member of the Bulbeck family, who were landholders in Kingston Seymour during the Tudor period.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb, 18 Metres East of East End of All Saints Church receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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