Sweeting and North Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 10 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 21 December 1984. A C18 Tomb.
Sweeting and North Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 10 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- endless-trefoil-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 098 372
- Coordinates
- 51.12758, -3.29016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sweeting and North family chest tomb, located about 10 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St Mary, dates from the mid-18th century. It is constructed from Doulting ashlar and features a ledger top with a moulded cornice, an astragal frieze, and a moulded architrave. The moulded plinth supports ends that curve out beneath the moulded frieze, which returns a short distance on the north and south faces. The tomb is inscribed with the names of Hugh Sweeting, who died in 1789, his wife Anne, who died in 1779, and their daughter Anne North, who died in 1750. This chest tomb is noted for its unusual design.
Local climate
Sweeting and North Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 10 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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