Galhampton Winter Chest Tomb, 4 Metres West of Porch, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Tomb.
Galhampton Winter Chest Tomb, 4 Metres West of Porch, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- slow-chamber-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 167 297
- Coordinates
- 51.06102, -3.18888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Galhampton Winter chest tomb, located 4 metres west of the porch of the Church of St Mary, dates from the late 18th century. It is made of Ham stone with inserted marble panels. The tomb features a flat top with a roll-moulded cornice and a fluted frieze, which is accented by fluted pilasters at both the east and west ends, although the central panel at the east end is missing. The central panels on the north and south sides are flanked by plain chamfered panels, with the south panel also missing. It has a moulded plinth. The only inscription, found on the north side, commemorates Galhampton Winter, a gentleman who died in 1786, and his wife Susanna, who died in 1792.
Local climate
Galhampton Winter Chest Tomb, 4 Metres West of Porch, Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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