Prior Family Chest Tomb and Encircling Wrought Iron Railings, in Churchyard, 10 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Tomb, monument.
Prior Family Chest Tomb and Encircling Wrought Iron Railings, in Churchyard, 10 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- plain-mortar-ivory
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb, monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 176 423
- Coordinates
- 51.17476, -3.17948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Prior family chest tomb and its surrounding wrought iron railings are located in the churchyard, 10 metres south of the South Chapel at the Church of St Mary. This structure dates from the early 17th century for the tomb and the mid-19th century for the railings. It is made of sandstone and blue lias. The tomb has a flat top with an additional blue lias panel on top, a cavetto moulded cornice, and a moulded plinth. It features inscriptions on all faces, including an eight-line poem on the south side, with fine lettering. The earliest inscription commemorates John Prior, who died in 1618. The tomb is encircled by wrought iron railings and is part of a group of significant early 17th-century chest tombs, which includes the Govett family chest tomb.
Local climate
Prior Family Chest Tomb and Encircling Wrought Iron Railings, in Churchyard, 10 Metres South of South Chapel, Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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- 4 Richard Prior Chest Tomb, 6 Metres West of the Tower, Church of St James
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