Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Chest tomb.
Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- deep-plaster-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 041 418
- Coordinates
- 51.16823, -3.37297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 17th century, is located in the churchyard about 10 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew. It is made of yellow conglomerate and features a flat top with a cyma recta moulded cornice. The inscription on the tomb is indecipherable, and it is partially sunk into the ground. This tomb pairs with a similar chest tomb located 2 metres to the south and is also part of a group that includes the churchyard cross, which is situated about 4 metres away.
Local climate
Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Andrew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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