Prankerd Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 7 Metres South East of South Door, Church of St John Evangelist is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1985. A C17 Tomb.
Prankerd Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 7 Metres South East of South Door, Church of St John Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- odd-window-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 676 185
- Coordinates
- 50.96519, -2.46215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Prankerd Chest Tomb, located in the churchyard 7 metres south-east of the south door of the Church of St John Evangelist, is an early 17th-century chest tomb, possibly partially restored. It is made of ham stone and features a moulded base and plinth, with plain slab sides. The tomb has a very deep cyma recta mould coving that leads to a heavy flat top. It commemorates Thomas Prankerd, a local benefactor who died in 1609.
Local climate
Prankerd Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 7 Metres South East of South Door, Church of St John Evangelist receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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