Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, 20 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Chest tomb.
Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, 20 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- frozen-bronze-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 343 518
- Coordinates
- 51.26235, -2.94164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unknown chest tomb from the 17th century located in the churchyard, 20 metres south of the south chapel of the Church of St Mary. It is made of dressed stone and features a plinth that appears to be buried. The tomb has an oblong shape with corner pilasters adorned with strapwork decoration. There are two shallow, semi-circular headed niches on the north and south sides, which contain inscriptions that are now decayed. The top of the tomb is a hipped slab, which is moulded around its lower edge.
Local climate
Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, 20 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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