Procktor Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 6 Metres South West of Porch Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. Chest tomb.
Procktor Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 6 Metres South West of Porch Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- final-brass-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 263 251
- Coordinates
- 51.02058, -3.05136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Procktor family chest tomb, dating from the 17th century, is located in the churchyard about 6 meters southwest of the porch of the Church of St George. This chest tomb is made of Ham stone and features a flat top that has been damaged with square holes randomly excavated. It has a cyma recta moulded cornice and a moulded plinth. On the north and south sides, there are inserted strips of lias beside inscribed panels, with the name Procktor barely legible. The west end shows signs of scaling. This tomb forms a pair with another Procktor chest tomb nearby.
Local climate
Procktor Family Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 6 Metres South West of Porch Church of St George receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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