Three Chest Tombs in A Line South of the Tower, Church of St James the Great is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Tombs.
Three Chest Tombs in A Line South of the Tower, Church of St James the Great
- WRENN ID
- stony-cloister-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Tombs
- Address
- Three Chest Tombs in A Line South of the Tower, Church of St James the Great, Church Road, Fitzhead
- OS grid reference
- ST 119 283
- Coordinates
- 51.04799, -3.2574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three chest tombs are located in a line south of the tower at the Church of St James the Great. These tombs date from the early to late 17th century and are made of ashlar stone with ledger tops and panelled sides. They are partially obscured and have subsided into the ground.
Arranged from north to south, the first tomb (A) is unidentified and has subsided almost to the moulded cornice. The second tomb (B) is also unidentified and features a leaf frieze with vermiculated console brackets on the sides, flanking paired panels of egg and tongue moulding. The third tomb (C) is unidentified as well and has subsided almost to the moulded cornice. It has pilasters on the sides that flank two round arches with billetted moulding, resembling the Ann Brulard tomb.
Local climate
Three Chest Tombs in A Line South of the Tower, Church of St James the Great receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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