Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 30 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Chest tomb.
Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 30 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- scattered-ledge-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 304 494
- Coordinates
- 51.23992, -2.99825
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unknown chest tomb from the 17th century located in the churchyard about 30 metres north of the tower of the Church of St Andrew. It is made of dressed stone and features an ogee moulded plinth. The tomb has two semi-circular headed niches on the north and south sides, with similar niches at each end. Leaf decoration is present in the spandrels, and there are emphasised keys and dentil decoration. The east and west ends have decayed inscriptions. The top of the tomb is a hipped slab with an ogee moulding around its lower edge.
Local climate
Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 30 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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