Pettman Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 16 Metres North of the North Transept, Church of St John Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1985. Chest tomb.
Pettman Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 16 Metres North of the North Transept, Church of St John Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- tenth-railing-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 676 185
- Coordinates
- 50.96553, -2.46223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pettman Chest Tomb is a late 17th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard, 16 metres north of the north transept of the Church of St John Evangelist. It is constructed from Ham stone and features a sunken base, a moulded plinth, and fluted pilasters. The tomb has semi-circular arched panels with rusticated and keystoned arches, with one at each end and two on each side. It is topped with a heavy hipped top and deep cove moulding. This tomb commemorates James Pettman, who died in 1679.
Local climate
Pettman Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 16 Metres North of the North Transept, Church of St John Evangelist receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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