The Ryall Chest Tomb, 4 Metres South South East of the South East Corner of the South Transept, Church of Saint James is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Tomb.
The Ryall Chest Tomb, 4 Metres South South East of the South East Corner of the South Transept, Church of Saint James
- WRENN ID
- iron-threshold-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 570 221
- Coordinates
- 50.99728, -2.61366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ryall Chest Tomb is located 4 meters south-southeast of the southeast corner of the south transept of the Church of Saint James. This chest tomb dates from the mid-18th century and is constructed from Ham stone ashlar. It features a moulded base and fielded panels on each side, with coffered pilasters only on the flanks. The top is heavily moulded and hipped. The tomb commemorates, among others, Christian Ryall, who died in 1761, and John Ryall, who died in 1770, although much of the inscription is badly worn. It is part of a notable group of five tombs.
Local climate
The Ryall Chest Tomb, 4 Metres South South East of the South East Corner of the South Transept, Church of Saint James receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Ryall Family Chest Tomb, 16 Metres South of the South East Corner of the Chancel, Church of Saint James
- 2 Chest Tomb Approximately 9 Metres South East of South Transept of Church of St Mary
- 3 Ryall Monument in Churchyard About 2 Metres South of Nave Eastern Window, Church of the Holy Cross
- 4 Unidentified Chest Tomb, 7 Metres South of the South West Corner of the South Transept, Church of Saint James
- 5 The Alary Chest Tomb, 2 Metres East of the South Porch, Church of Saint Mary
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