Buffet Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 3 Metres North of North Transept-Choir, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Tomb.
Buffet Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 3 Metres North of North Transept-Choir, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- buried-spandrel-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 204 428
- Coordinates
- 51.17967, -3.13891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The buffet chest tomb, located in the churchyard 3 metres north of the north transept-choir of the Church of St. Andrew, dates from the mid-18th century and is made of Bath stone. It features a ledger top with a cyma recta moulded cornice and a moulded plinth that rests on three exposed courses of red brick arranged in an irregular bond. The south side of the tomb is inscribed with the name Buffet and the date of death, 1734, although the "3" is not certain.
Local climate
Buffet Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 3 Metres North of North Transept-Choir, Church of St Andrew 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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