Altar Tomb, 2 Metres South-West of Tower, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Tomb.
Altar Tomb, 2 Metres South-West of Tower, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- gilded-wall-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 167 297
- Coordinates
- 51.06106, -3.18896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The altar tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located 2 metres south-west of the tower at the Church of St Mary in Bishop's Lydeard. It is made of Portland stone and has an almost square shape with a pyramid top. The tomb features an egg and water leaf moulded cornice and a moulded plinth, although the plinth is largely hidden by ivy. The south and east sides of the tomb are blank, and the north side was completely obscured by ivy during a survey in April 1983. The inscription on the west side is illegible.
Local climate
Altar Tomb, 2 Metres South-West of Tower, Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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