William Webber Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres South of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1984. Tomb.
William Webber Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres South of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- sharp-flue-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 078 223
- Coordinates
- 50.99287, -3.31483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The William Webber tomb, located in the churchyard 2 metres south of the Church of St Nicholas, is a chest tomb dating from around 1633. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features heavy moulded coping. This tomb commemorates William Webber, who died in 1633, and is an unaltered example of an early 17th-century chest tomb.
Local climate
William Webber Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres South of Church of St Nicholas 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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