Thomas Cole Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 16 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Tomb.
Thomas Cole Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 16 Metres South of Porch, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 222 296
- Coordinates
- 51.06126, -3.11047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Cole chest tomb, located in the churchyard about 16 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Mary, dates from the mid-18th century. It features a conglomerate top made of Ham stone and blue lias. The tomb has a ledger top with apsidal ends, a cyma recta moulded cornice, and a chamfered plinth. The east and west ends are bowed and include recessed oval panels. The inscription on the south face is illegible, while the north face commemorates Thomas Cole, who died in 1754. At the time of the survey in March 1984, the tomb was in poor condition, with a central section of the frieze missing.
Local climate
Thomas Cole Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 16 Metres South of Porch, 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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