Pocock Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 12 Metres South of Transept Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. Tomb.
Pocock Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 12 Metres South of Transept Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- south-slate-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 319 255
- Coordinates
- 51.02528, -2.97161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pocock family chest tomb, located in the churchyard about 12 meters south of the transept of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, dates from the late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed from ham stone and features a ledger top, a moulded cornice, and a plinth. The tomb has raised and fielded panels, with pilasters on the north and south sides that are divided horizontally into three panels. The north side bears an illegible inscription, while the south side is inscribed to a member of the Pocock family who died in 1830.
Local climate
Pocock Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 12 Metres South of Transept Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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