John Winter Chest Tomb, 5 Metres South-West of Tower, Chuch of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Tomb.
John Winter Chest Tomb, 5 Metres South-West of Tower, Chuch of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- drifting-tin-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 167 297
- Coordinates
- 51.061, -3.18896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Winter chest tomb, located 5 metres southwest of the tower at the Church of St Mary, dates from the late 18th century and is made of Ham stone. It features a ledger top with an ovolo moulded cornice and inscribed central panels on the north and south sides, which are flanked by outer bays of chamfered lozenges with squares above and below. The east and west ends of the tomb are plain. The inscription panels are mostly illegible, but the name John Winter, who died in 1767, can be found on the south side. At the time of the survey, the tomb had a noticeable tilt to the north. The Winter family resided at Court House in Ash Priors.
Local climate
John Winter Chest Tomb, 5 Metres South-West of Tower, Chuch of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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