The Cox Chest Tomb, 8 Metres South West of Tower, Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Chest tomb.
The Cox Chest Tomb, 8 Metres South West of Tower, Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- blind-arch-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 541 223
- Coordinates
- 50.99879, -2.65496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cox Chest Tomb, located 8 metres south west of the tower at the Church of Saint Mary, is a chest tomb dating from 1757. It is made of Ham stone and features a moulded base with one fielded panel on each side, along with an additional fielded panel on the pilasters. The tomb has a heavily carved hipped top. A well-executed inscription commemorates Samuel Cox, who died in 1757.
Local climate
The Cox Chest Tomb, 8 Metres South West of Tower, Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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