Clothier Family Chest Tomb South Wall of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Chest tomb.
Clothier Family Chest Tomb South Wall of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-wicket-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Clothier Family Chest Tomb South Wall of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary, Church Lane, Rimpton
- OS grid reference
- ST 610 218
- Coordinates
- 50.99475, -2.55637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clothier family chest tomb, located on the south wall of the chancel of the Church of Saint Mary, dates from 1675. It is made of Ham stone ashlar and features carved details. The tomb has a cyma recta base mould, with two panels on each side and one panel at each end. The top is hipped and is adorned with crude non-classical mouldings. The inscriptions on the tomb are very worn, with the earliest date being 1675.
Local climate
Clothier Family Chest Tomb South Wall of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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