Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 2 Metres North-East of Chancel, Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 2 Metres North-East of Chancel, Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- salt-loft-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 119 218
- Coordinates
- 50.98954, -3.25646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 2 metres northeast of the chancel of the Church of St Peter. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of sandstone and blue lias. The tomb features a ledger top with a moulded cornice and an entablature. Fluted columns divide the east and west sides and are set at the corners with projecting arris. This profile is repeated on the moulded plinth. The north and south ends are convex, and there are inset blue lias panels on the east and west sides. The tomb shows significant spalling, and the inscriptions have eroded. It presents a variation on the usual design of chest tombs.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 2 Metres North-East of Chancel, Church of St Peter 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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