Cox Chest Tomb, in the Churchyard 9 Metres North East of North Porch, Church of Saint Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Chest tomb.
Cox Chest Tomb, in the Churchyard 9 Metres North East of North Porch, Church of Saint Michael
- WRENN ID
- late-parapet-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 538 122
- Coordinates
- 50.90746, -2.65723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cox Chest Tomb, located in the churchyard 9 metres northeast of the north porch of the Church of Saint Michael, is a late 18th-century chest tomb made of ham stone. It features a moulded plinth and fielded panels on the sides, along with a single fielded panel that has coffered pilasters on the flanks. The tomb is topped with a heavily moulded hipped top. It commemorates John Cox senior, who died in 1784.
Local climate
Cox Chest Tomb, in the Churchyard 9 Metres North East of North Porch, Church of Saint Michael receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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