Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South West of Tower, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South West of Tower, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- knotted-hinge-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 290 280
- Coordinates
- 51.0478, -3.01301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 5 metres southwest of the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist. It dates from the late 16th to early 17th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a flat-topped chamfered cornice and a bevelled plinth. The top is inscribed, though the inscription is largely illegible. The sides are unadorned and uninscribed, except for the west end, which bears the inscription, "As you are, so was I, As am I so will you be.... Third of May 1603," attributed to Thomas Hay, although this attribution is not certain.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 5 Metres South West of Tower, Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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