Unidentified Tomb, in Churchyard 15 Metres East of North East Corner Church of St Philip and St James is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Tomb.
Unidentified Tomb, in Churchyard 15 Metres East of North East Corner Church of St Philip and St James
- WRENN ID
- tenth-fireplace-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 772 557
- Coordinates
- 51.30022, -2.32778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb from the late 17th century located in the churchyard, 15 metres east of the northeast corner of the Church of St. Philip and St. James. It is made of Doulting stone and features a buried plinth. The tomb has six panels that are bead-moulded and adorned with carved leaf pattern borders on the sides. Cherubs are depicted on the end panels, and there are pilasters with richly carved leaf pattern moulded cornices. The top is heavy and flat, with a cyma recta and torus moulded edge.
Local climate
Unidentified Tomb, in Churchyard 15 Metres East of North East Corner Church of St Philip and St James 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 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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