Coles Family Chest Tomb, 5 Metres South-West of Tower, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Chest tomb.
Coles Family Chest Tomb, 5 Metres South-West of Tower, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- unlit-hammer-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 167 297
- Coordinates
- 51.06101, -3.18898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coles family chest tomb, located 5 metres south-west of the tower at the Church of St Mary, dates from the late 18th century. It features stone panels made of Dundry stone on the front and south sides. The tomb has a ledger top with an ovolo moulded cornice and inscribed panels on the north and south, which are flanked by chamfered lozenges with chamfered squares above and below. The name "Coles," along with the date of death, 1786, is clearly visible on the south side. At the time of the survey, the tomb was partially sunk into the ground. It is similar in design to the John Winter chest tomb.
Local climate
Coles Family Chest Tomb, 5 Metres South-West of Tower, Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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