Collins Higdon Tomb 3 Metres East of the South East Corner of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. A C18 Tomb.
Collins Higdon Tomb 3 Metres East of the South East Corner of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- wild-tracery-heath
- 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 593 223
- Coordinates
- 50.999, -2.58047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Collins-Higdon tomb, located 3 metres east of the southeast corner of the Church of St Mary, is a chest tomb from the 18th century. It is made of Bath stone and has an oblong shape with plain sides resting on a moulded base. The top is moulded and hipped. The tomb bears the family names of Collins and Higdon, with inscriptions indicating deaths in 1765 and 1777, although these inscriptions are much worn.
Local climate
Collins Higdon Tomb 3 Metres East of the South East Corner of Church of St Mary 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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