Raymond Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 7 Metres South of Nave, Church of St John Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1985. Chest tomb.
Raymond Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 7 Metres South of Nave, Church of St John Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- tilted-lancet-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 676 185
- Coordinates
- 50.96516, -2.46232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Raymond Chest Tomb, located in the churchyard 7 metres south of the nave of the Church of St John Evangelist, is an early 17th-century chest tomb made of Ham stone. It features a moulded base with plain slab sides and ends, and a deep cyma recta mould coving leading to a flat top. This tomb commemorates John Roger Raymond, who died in 1636, along with other members of his family.
Local climate
Raymond Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 7 Metres South of Nave, Church of St John Evangelist receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% 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 54% 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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