The Locker Chest Tomb, 3 Metres East of the South Porch, Church of Saint Vincent is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Tomb.
The Locker Chest Tomb, 3 Metres East of the South Porch, Church of Saint Vincent
- WRENN ID
- grey-granite-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 561 214
- Coordinates
- 50.99035, -2.62669
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Locker Chest tomb, located 3 metres east of the south porch of the Church of Saint Vincent, is a chest tomb dating from 1668. It is constructed of Han stone ashlar and is mostly plain, featuring only coving beneath the flat top. The tomb commemorates Henry Locker, who died in 1668.
Local climate
The Locker Chest Tomb, 3 Metres East of the South Porch, Church of Saint Vincent receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% 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 56% 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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