Group of three chest tombs approximately 33m south of the south porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. Tomb.
Group of three chest tombs approximately 33m south of the south porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- fading-wall-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 696 523
- Coordinates
- 51.26983, -2.43688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs made of dressed limestone, located approximately 33 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St Peter and St Paul. All the tombs are rectangular in shape and feature weathered, hipped slab tops.
The southernmost tomb belongs to members of the Moore family and dates from the late 17th century to the early 18th century. It has a moulded plinth and fielded pilasters at the corners and the center of the north and south sides. Between the pilasters on the north and south faces are inscribed slate panels adorned with floral ornament. The cornice is moulded, and the frieze displays floral emblems set within small square panels.
About 4 meters to the northeast is a late 18th-century chest tomb for the Greenhill family. This tomb features pilasters with incised panels and has two inscribed lias panels on both the north and south faces, although one of the southern panels is missing. The cornice and the slab top both have a moulded edge. While the inscriptions are mostly weathered, the names Sarah and Benjamin Greenhill along with the date 1786 can still be made out.
The third tomb, which commemorates the Board family, is located immediately to the northeast of the Greenhill tomb. It has mid and corner pilasters with roll mouldings and plain central panels, as well as inscribed fielded panels on the north and south faces. The earliest readable date on the north face is 1758 for Mary Board, while the inscriptions on the south face are largely illegible. The west face features a panel with a shaped cartouche and carved foliate decoration above. The cornice is plain but was noted to be broken in 2012.
Local climate
Group of three chest tombs approximately 33m south of the south porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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