Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of South Aisle of the Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. A C18 Monument.
Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of South Aisle of the Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- fallen-jamb-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 619 436
- Coordinates
- 51.19078, -2.54562
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 10 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, dates from the mid-18th century. It is made of Doulting ashlar with slate panels. The tomb features a chamfered plinth that supports a rectangular chest. On the south side, there is a slate inscription panel. The ends of the tomb are adorned with circular decorated bosses, and it has a hipped top. The tomb commemorates Stephen Andrews, who died in 1768. It holds group value with the church nearby.
Local climate
Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of South Aisle of the Church of St Peter and St Paul 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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