Henry Chester Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 5 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Tomb.
Henry Chester Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 5 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- other-timber-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 009 426
- Coordinates
- 51.17453, -3.41833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Henry Chester chest tomb, located in the churchyard about 5 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist, dates from the late 17th century. It is constructed from lias stone and features a flat top with a moulded cornice and a sunk plinth. The tomb is adorned with incised water leaf moulding around all sides. On the south front, there is an inscription in good, deeply cut lettering commemorating Henry Chester, who died in 1692, although the panel is split. There is also an inscription on the north front.
Local climate
Henry Chester Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 5 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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