Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 1 Metre West of Porch, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 1 Metre West of Porch, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- third-bastion-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 040 419
- Coordinates
- 51.16835, -3.37316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard about 1 metre west of the porch of the Church of St Andrew. It dates from the early 17th century and is made of yellow conglomerate stone. The tomb features a flat top with a cyma recta moulded cornice and has arcaded ends on the east and west sides. The west end is inscribed with "Here lyeth the Bod..." while the north side has arcades flanking a central panel, although the inscription is no longer legible. The south side is plain, and the tomb is partially sunk into the ground.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 1 Metre West of Porch, Church of St Andrew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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