Watts Chest Tomb, 6 Metres North of East Corner of Nave, Church of Saint Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Tomb.
Watts Chest Tomb, 6 Metres North of East Corner of Nave, Church of Saint Margaret
- WRENN ID
- tattered-threshold-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 472 131
- Coordinates
- 50.91531, -2.75239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watts Chest Tomb, located 6 metres north of the east corner of the nave at the Church of Saint Margaret, is a chest tomb dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed from Ham stone and features a rectangular shape with semi-cylindrical ends. The tomb has a moulded plinth at the base and proud-standing panels, with one panel on each side and a curved panel at each end, all set within frame mouldings. The top is moulded and shaped in a hipped design. This tomb commemorates Thomas Watts and his wife Elizabeth, although their death dates are not legible; the former's date might be 1757.
Local climate
Watts Chest Tomb, 6 Metres North of East Corner of Nave, Church of Saint Margaret receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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