Jeanes Chest Tomb, 3 Metres South of Chancel, Churchyard of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Chest tomb.
Jeanes Chest Tomb, 3 Metres South of Chancel, Churchyard of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- north-chancel-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 687 258
- Coordinates
- 51.03085, -2.44732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jeanes Chest Tomb, located 3 metres south of the chancel in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, is a chest tomb from the 18th century. It features Ham and possibly Doulting stone inserts. The tomb has a moulded base and single-fielded panelled pilasters that frame single panels on the ends and double panels on the flanks. It is topped with a moulded hipped top. The tomb commemorates members of the Jeanes family, including Anne, the wife of John, who died in 1713, and Thomas, who died in 1770.
Local climate
Jeanes Chest Tomb, 3 Metres South of Chancel, Churchyard of Church of St John the Baptist 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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