Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres South of South Aisle Church of Saint Martin of Tours is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Chest tomb.
Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres South of South Aisle Church of Saint Martin of Tours
- WRENN ID
- shifting-wall-crow
- 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 516 135
- Coordinates
- 50.91946, -2.68918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 2 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of Saint Martin of Tours. It is probably from the 18th century and is made of Ham stone with panels of Keinton lias stone. The tomb features a moulded base, with one panel on each face and coffered pilasters on the flanks. It has a moulded hipped top. The panels are eroded, and the inscriptions have been lost over time.
Local climate
Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres South of South Aisle Church of Saint Martin of Tours receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 66% 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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