Murley Chest Tomb, 4 Metres South East of the South East Corner of the South Aisle, Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Tomb.
Murley Chest Tomb, 4 Metres South East of the South East Corner of the South Aisle, Church of Saint Mary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 467 134
- Coordinates
- 50.91768, -2.75907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Murley Chest Tomb is an 18th-century tomb located 4 metres southeast of the southeast corner of the south aisle at the Church of Saint Mary. It is made of Ham stone and features a moulded plinth with a single fielded panel on each face, flanked by one-fielded-panel pilasters. The tomb has a moulded hipped top. It commemorates the Murley (or Morley) family, although most of the inscriptions have been lost. The likely date of the tomb is 1767 or 1777.
Local climate
Murley Chest Tomb, 4 Metres South East of the South East Corner of the South Aisle, Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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