House Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 16 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Augustine is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Tomb.
House Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 16 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Augustine
- WRENN ID
- white-flagstone-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 262 284
- Coordinates
- 51.05037, -3.05285
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The House family chest tomb is located in the churchyard about 16 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Augustine. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed from ham stone and Portland stone, featuring blue lias panels. The tomb has a ledger top, a moulded cornice, a billetted frieze, fluted pilasters, and a moulded plinth. The south face is inscribed in memory of Mary House, who died in 1826, along with another family member. The north and west faces are blank, and the east face was obscured by ivy at the time of the survey in March 1984. The top and the south-east corner of the tomb are damaged.
Local climate
House Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 16 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Augustine receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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