Weaver Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 8 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1985. Tomb.
Weaver Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 8 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- stranded-bonework-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 636 225
- Coordinates
- 51.00162, -2.52004
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Weaver Chest Tomb, located in the churchyard 8 metres northeast of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew, is an early 19th-century chest tomb made of Ham stone. It features a moulded plinth and plain slab sides with Gothic arched recesses in the corner pilasters. The tomb is topped with a moulded hipped top and commemorates George and Elizabeth Weaver, who died in 1824 and 1822 respectively.
Local climate
Weaver Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 8 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of St Andrew 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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