Two Identical Chest Tombs to Edwards Family, in Churchyard 20 Metres North-East of Chancel, Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Tomb.
Two Identical Chest Tombs to Edwards Family, in Churchyard 20 Metres North-East of Chancel, Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- ancient-bastion-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 808 534
- Coordinates
- 51.27944, -2.27617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two identical chest tombs belonging to the Edwards family, located in the churchyard 20 meters northeast of the chancel at the Church of St Laurence. These tombs date from around 1778. Each tomb is made of ashlar stone and stands on a moulded plinth. They feature three-quarter Tuscan columns on the north and south sides, and two additional columns on the east and west ends. The tombs have shields in relief with dedicatory inscriptions, the earliest of which is for Edith Edwards, who died in 1698. She was reinterred in 1778 following the death of John Edwards Junior, at which time both tombs were constructed.
Local climate
Two Identical Chest Tombs to Edwards Family, in Churchyard 20 Metres North-East of Chancel, Church of St Laurence receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Edwards Tomb in the Churchyard, About 14 Metres South of Nave South East Angle of Church of St Nicholas
- 2 Edwards Memorial About 0.5 Metres West of Nave of Church of St Mary
- 3 Headstone and 3 Tombchests to Edwards Family on South Side of Chancel of Church of St Peter and Paul
- 4 Tomb of William Edwards in the churchyard of St Ilan, Eglwysilan
- 5 Edwards Memorial Approximately 14 Metres to North of North Porch of Church of St George
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