Unidentified Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of the Tower, Church of St James the Great is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Tomb.

Unidentified Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of the Tower, Church of St James the Great

WRENN ID
plain-mantel-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 May 1984
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
ST 119 283
Coordinates
51.04787, -3.25741
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a chest tomb located 10 metres south of the tower of the Church of St James the Great, dating from the mid-18th century. It is made of unidentified ashlar stone and features a moulded cornice and a flat top. At the east end, there is a circular panel, and a carved bow with ribbons is prominent among the badly damaged panels of the tomb.

Local climate

Unidentified Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of the Tower, Church of St James the Great 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 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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