Matthew Gill Chest Tomb, in the Churchyard, 5 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Congar is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Monument.
Matthew Gill Chest Tomb, in the Churchyard, 5 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Congar
- WRENN ID
- inner-jamb-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 395 526
- Coordinates
- 51.26938, -2.86734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Matthew Gill chest tomb, located in the churchyard 5 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Congar, dates from 1770 and commemorates Matthew Gill. It is made of dressed stone and features a slab base, a low moulded plinth, and a chest adorned with decorated corner pilasters and central pilasters on each side. The tomb has a moulded cornice and a hipped slab top that is moulded around its edge. There are inscriptions on each side, though some have decayed over time.
Local climate
Matthew Gill Chest Tomb, in the Churchyard, 5 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Congar 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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