Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, 9 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. A C17 Tomb.
Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, 9 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- crooked-trefoil-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 396 553
- Coordinates
- 51.29434, -2.86752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 17th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard, 9 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew. The tomb is a plain oblong shape, made up of four large slabs with a thick top slab that is chamfered around its lower edge. The inscription on the tomb has decayed but is still partially visible on the east end.
Local climate
Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, 9 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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