Chest Tomb, 2 Metres South-East of Porch, Church of Sp Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb, 2 Metres South-East of Porch, Church of Sp Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- ruined-stair-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 150 311
- Coordinates
- 51.07342, -3.21379
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located 2 metres southeast of the porch of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Combe Florey. It is made of ashlar sandstone and features a ledger top, a moulded cornice, and side panels. The inscription on the south side is illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb, 2 Metres South-East of Porch, Church of Sp Peter and St Paul 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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