Ashby Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of South Door of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Tomb.
Ashby Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of South Door of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- lesser-flint-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 755 449
- Coordinates
- 51.20338, -2.35117
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ashby chest tomb, located 10 metres south of the south door of the Church of St Leonard, is an early 19th-century structure made of ashlar. It features corner balusters and has metal plaques on each side, as well as one on the west end, which bear inscriptions. The earliest inscription is dedicated to Robert Ashby, dated 1803, with additional memorials for his family. The tomb is topped with a flat moulded capping and is surrounded by a railed enclosure, with each upright adorned with a foliate head.
Local climate
Ashby Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of South Door of Church of St Leonard 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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