White Chest Tomb One Metre South of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Monument.
White Chest Tomb One Metre South of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- distant-gargoyle-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- White Chest Tomb One Metre South of Tower of Church of St Mary, Church Street, Wanstrow
- OS grid reference
- ST 709 416
- Coordinates
- 51.17346, -2.4163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The white chest tomb located one metre south of the tower of the Church of St Mary is a chest tomb dating from around 1754, with restoration completed in 1840. It is made of Doulting ashlar with slate inserts and features panelled sides and ends on a plinth, along with corner and central pilasters. The tomb has a moulded cornice and a hipped top. It commemorates Pheby White, who died in 1754; George White, who died in 1764; Robert White, who died in 1840; and Ann Candy, who also died in 1840. The remains of a railed enclosure are present, although only the base survives.
Local climate
White Chest Tomb One Metre South of Tower of Church of St Mary receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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