The Alary Chest Tomb, 2 Metres East of the South Porch, Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Tomb.
The Alary Chest Tomb, 2 Metres East of the South Porch, Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- pale-thatch-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 541 223
- Coordinates
- 50.99877, -2.65466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Alary Chest Tomb, located 2 metres east of the south porch of the Church of Saint Mary, is a chest tomb that likely dates from the late 18th century. It is made of Ham stone and features a moulded base with fielded panels on each side and flanks. The tomb has coffered pilasters on the flanks and a hipped top. It commemorates the Alary family, with a date inscribed on the west side indicating the year 1817.
Local climate
The Alary Chest Tomb, 2 Metres East of the South Porch, 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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