Pair of Unidentified Chest Tombs in the Churchyard About 16 Metres South of the Tower of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Tomb.
Pair of Unidentified Chest Tombs in the Churchyard About 16 Metres South of the Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-corner-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 649 386
- Coordinates
- 51.14608, -2.50289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description covers a pair of unidentified chest tombs located in the churchyard about 16 meters south of the tower of the Church of St Peter. The tombs date from the 17th and 18th centuries and are made of dressed stone. The northern tomb, from the 18th century, is an oblong chest on a sunken plinth and has been significantly rebuilt using broken fragments. It features a hipped slab top. The southern tomb, from the 17th century, includes arabesque pilasters, semi-circular head niches, and a bolection moulded frieze. It has a massive hipped slab top that is moulded around the lower edge and retains some remnants of inscriptions.
Local climate
Pair of Unidentified Chest Tombs in the Churchyard About 16 Metres South of the Tower of Church of St Peter receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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