Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 12 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 12 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- solemn-footing-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 242 275
- Coordinates
- 51.04255, -3.0812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard, approximately 12 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. It is made of sandstone and features a flat top with a cyma recta moulded cornice. The plinth is sunk and there is damage to the west end.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 12 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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