Medieval Monument 1 Metre East of Chancel, Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Tomb.

Medieval Monument 1 Metre East of Chancel, Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

WRENN ID
gaunt-column-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1986
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
ST 429 249
Coordinates
51.02064, -2.81531
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a medieval chest tomb located 1 metre east of the chancel in the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It dates from the early 15th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a moulded base and a flat top with deep gothic moulded coving. The west end is plain, while the sides have six traceried panels with cusped ogee heads and trefoils. The east end includes four half-height panels, with an inverted 'T' panel that was likely intended for a brass plate, which is now missing, flanked by trefoils and ogee arched panels. It is said to have originally contained the headless effigy of an abbot. The tomb was relocated after being discovered on the site of the Abbey during excavations in 1873.

Local climate

Medieval Monument 1 Metre East of Chancel, Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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