Unidentified Chest Tomb, About 5 Metres South of Chancel, 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. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb, About 5 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St James the Great
- WRENN ID
- proud-bronze-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 119 283
- Coordinates
- 51.04796, -3.2571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located about 5 metres south of the chancel at the Church of St James the Great. It dates from the late 17th century to the early 18th century and is made of ashlar sandstone. The tomb features a ledger top, a wrapped leaf frieze, and arcaded sides with billetted arches, supported by egg and tongue moulded piers. At the time of the survey in March 1983, the tomb had subsided into the ground and was largely obscured by ivy. It is similar in style to the Ann Brulard Chest Tomb.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb, About 5 Metres South of Chancel, 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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