Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres North West of North Aisle of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1976. Tomb.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres North West of North Aisle of Parish Church
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1976
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 322 082
- Coordinates
- 50.86949, -2.96363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located approximately 6 meters north-west of the north aisle of the Parish Church. They date from the mid to late 18th century and are made of limestone. Each tomb features a moulded plinth and cornice on a hipped top, along with fielded inscribed panels and corner pilasters. The southern tomb commemorates Augustus Wheadon, who died in 1838; the central tomb commemorates Augustine Wheadon and family, who died in 1795; and the northern tomb commemorates William Soper and his wife Ann, who died in 1781 and 1769, respectively.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres North West of North Aisle of Parish Church receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% 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 65% 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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