Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, One Metre to North of Chancel, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Chest tomb.
Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, One Metre to North of Chancel, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- seventh-chamber-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, One Metre to North of Chancel, Church of St Andrew, Church Lane, Compton Bishop
- OS grid reference
- ST 396 553
- Coordinates
- 51.29451, -2.86757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, one metre to the north of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew. It is likely from the late 17th century and is made of dressed stone. The tomb features three recessed panels on each side and an additional recessed panel at each end. The slab top is moulded around its edge, although the inscriptions have decayed over time.
Local climate
Unknown Chest Tomb in Churchyard, One Metre to North of Chancel, Church of St Andrew receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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