Farthing Family Chest Tomb and Railings, in Churchyard 12 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. A C19 Chest tomb.
Farthing Family Chest Tomb and Railings, in Churchyard 12 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- wild-stone-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 172 405
- Coordinates
- 51.15834, -3.18515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Farthing family chest tomb and railings, located in the churchyard 12 metres northeast of the chancel of the Church of All Saints, date from the mid-19th century. The tomb is made of limestone and is designed in the Gothic style. It features a ledger top, a marbled cornice with a frieze of stylized flowers, and three bay arcades that are separated by stepped buttresses. The tomb has a deeply moulded plinth and is inscribed on the top and sides to members of the Farthing family. Surrounding the tomb are dwarf, cast iron railings in a Gothic style, which are slightly damaged but still create an attractive composition with the chest tomb.
Local climate
Farthing Family Chest Tomb and Railings, in Churchyard 12 Metres North East of Chancel, Church of All Saints 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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