Clarke Chest Tomb, 4 Metres East-South-East of South Porch, Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Tomb.
Clarke Chest Tomb, 4 Metres East-South-East of South Porch, Church of Saint Mary
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- 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 498 132
- Coordinates
- 50.91631, -2.71453
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clarke Chest Tomb, located 4 metres east-south-east of the south porch of the Church of Saint Mary, is an early 18th-century chest tomb made of Ham stone with a rectangular plan. It features a cyma recta moulding at the base, plain panels, and recessed pilasters on the sides, along with recessed panels on the ends. The top is hipped, steeply pitched, and has a rather thin moulding. This tomb commemorates Susanna, the daughter of John and Grace Clarke, who died in 1703.
Local climate
Clarke Chest Tomb, 4 Metres East-South-East of South Porch, Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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