Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, 4 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1985. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, 4 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- vast-balcony-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 708 226
- Coordinates
- 51.0025, -2.41657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard, 4 metres south of the tower of the Church of St Mary. It dates to around 1700 and is made of stone. The base of the tomb is sunken, and the sides feature semi-circular arched panels with imposts and keystones, with two panels on each flank and one on each end. The tomb has a deep, heavy hipped top with cyma recta coving. There are traces of an inscription on the north side, although it is not legible.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, 4 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Mary 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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