Coffin Family Chest Tomb, in Churchyard One Metre East of Chancel, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1986. Tomb.
Coffin Family Chest Tomb, in Churchyard One Metre East of Chancel, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- ghost-panel-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Coffin Family Chest Tomb, in Churchyard One Metre East of Chancel, Church of All Saints, Selworthy, Somerset
- OS grid reference
- SS 919 467
- Coordinates
- 51.21014, -3.54755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coffin family chest tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located in the churchyard one metre east of the chancel at the Church of All Saints in Selworthy Village. This chest tomb features a flat top with a cavetto moulded cornice, recessed fluted corners, and raised and fielded panels. It has a moulded plinth set on a base of two steps, with a partially exposed brick plinth below. The north and south sides are inscribed with names of members of the Coffin family, with the date of 1716 visible on the north face. The top of the tomb is damaged.
Local climate
Coffin Family Chest Tomb, in Churchyard One Metre East of Chancel, Church of All Saints sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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