Pair of Unidentified Chest Tombs in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. A C18 Chest tombs.
Pair of Unidentified Chest Tombs in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- waning-cinder-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- ST 382 316
- Coordinates
- 51.0804, -2.88273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of unidentified chest tombs from the 18th century, located about 8 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St Michael. They are made of ham stone and blue lias. The tomb closest to the church is nearly complete and features dressed stone in an oblong shape. It has a moulded plinth, a chest with panelled and fluted corner pilasters, and recessed panels on each face, although one panel is missing its upper portion. The slab top is moulded around the lower edge, and the inscriptions are decayed. The second tomb is much more decayed and sunken, having been repaired with coursed and squared lias, along with some dressed stone. Its broken slab top has a chamfered outer edge, and there is a decayed inscription panel on the north side with the date 1700. At the time of the survey in February 1986, both tombs were largely obscured by ivy.
Local climate
Pair of Unidentified Chest Tombs in Churchyard, About 8 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St Michael receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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