Cogan Family Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 8 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Chest tomb.
Cogan Family Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 8 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- calm-brass-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 222 296
- Coordinates
- 51.06134, -3.11048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cogan family chest tomb, located in the churchyard about 8 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Mary, dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It features a conglomerate top and Portland stone with lias panels. The tomb has a ledger topped fluted frieze with circular insets and a moulded plinth. All faces are inscribed with names of members of the Cogan family, with the earliest dedication on the fourth face to Thomas Cogan and his son, also named Thomas, who died in 1788 and 1779 respectively. There are remains of a plinth supporting railings on the north side.
Local climate
Cogan Family Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 8 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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