Collins Chest Tomb, 2 Metres South of the South East Nave Window, Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. A C17 Chest tomb.
Collins Chest Tomb, 2 Metres South of the South East Nave Window, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- secret-slate-gold
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 563 100
- Coordinates
- 50.88826, -2.62149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Collins chest tomb, located 2 metres south of the southeast nave window at the Church of All Saints, dates from 1609 and is made of Ham stone. It features a simple chamfered plinth, flat sides and flanks, and a heavy coving on the flat top. The south face of the tomb is inscribed with lead lettering that commemorates William Collins, who died in 1609, and his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1570.
Local climate
Collins Chest Tomb, 2 Metres South of the South East Nave Window, Church of All Saints receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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