Nelly Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 3 Metres South East of Tower, Church of Saint Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Chest tomb.
Nelly Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 3 Metres South East of Tower, Church of Saint Peter
- WRENN ID
- young-bastion-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 681 317
- Coordinates
- 51.084, -2.45538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nelly chest tomb, located in the churchyard 3 metres southeast of the tower of the Church of Saint Peter, is a chest tomb from the late 17th century. It is made of Doulting stone, with its base buried. The tomb features plain slab sides and a very thick flat top that has plain angle coving. It commemorates John Nelly, who died in 1677.
Local climate
Nelly Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 3 Metres South East of Tower, Church of Saint Peter receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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