The Swayne Altar Tomb, 1.5 Metres East of the South East Corner of the Chancel, Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Monument.
The Swayne Altar Tomb, 1.5 Metres East of the South East Corner of the Chancel, Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- rusted-corbel-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 541 223
- Coordinates
- 50.99884, -2.6544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swayne Altar Tomb is located 1.5 metres east of the southeast corner of the chancel in the Church of Saint Mary. This altar tomb, dated 1827, is made of Portland stone and features a Ham stone vase. It has a square shape with a high plinth and square fielded panels on each side, which are capped with a cornice slab and a large urn finial. The tomb is surrounded by heavy cast iron railings set into a stone base. The railings have reeded corner pieces topped with urn finials, and they consist of thin square pointed railings alternating with round classical balusters. The tomb commemorates Mary Swayne, who died in 1827.
Local climate
The Swayne Altar Tomb, 1.5 Metres East of the South East Corner of the Chancel, 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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