Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 22 Metres South of Porch, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 22 Metres South of Porch, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- muted-steeple-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 009 426
- Coordinates
- 51.17428, -3.41861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard about 22 metres south of the porch of the Church of St John the Baptist. It dates from the early to mid-18th century and is possibly made from Doulting stone. The tomb has a flat top with a moulded cornice and a plinth that is below ground level. The south front features three fluted pilasters and two raised oval panels, although the inscription is illegible. The north front is badly damaged, missing the central pilaster and an oval panel, and has an inserted section of inscribed lias stone from an unidentifiable source. The east end is carved with an hourglass and ribbon above a skull and crossbones, while the west end was obscured by ivy at the time of the survey in June 1984. Overall, the tomb is in very poor condition.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 22 Metres South of Porch, Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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