Patten Chest Tomb, 6 Metres East of North East Corner of Chancel, Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Monument.
Patten Chest Tomb, 6 Metres East of North East Corner of Chancel, Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- tired-obsidian-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 467 134
- Coordinates
- 50.91781, -2.75891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Patten Chest Tomb is an 18th-century chest tomb made of Ham stone, located 6 metres east of the northeast corner of the chancel at the Church of Saint Mary. It features a moulded plinth with plain ends and flanks, each adorned with an incised border, and has a thick, almost flat top. The tomb commemorates Robert and Mary Patten, whose death dates are uncertain, along with their sons Thomas, who died in 1770, and John, who died in 1771. It is set on a paved surround with a stone kerb that is 150mm high and 150mm wide.
Local climate
Patten Chest Tomb, 6 Metres East of North East Corner of Chancel, Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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