Richard Escott Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 10 Metres South East of Chancel, 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.
Richard Escott Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 10 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- turning-chalk-tallow
- 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
- 51.17445, -3.41825
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Richard Escott chest tomb, located in the churchyard about 10 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist, dates from the mid-17th century. It is made of Ham stone and features a heavy wrought iron grille on top. The tomb has a flat top with a cyma recta moulded cornice that is inscribed on all faces. The north side is dedicated to Richard Escott, who died in 1673, while the south side commemorates another individual and others. The west end is inscribed for Mary Escott, and the east end inscription is illegible. The tomb displays some good lettering and has scratch moulded semicircular arcades on the east and west ends.
Local climate
Richard Escott Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 10 Metres South East of Chancel, 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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