Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, Immediately South of Porch, Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, Immediately South of Porch, Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- nether-flint-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, Immediately South of Porch, Church of St John the Evangelist, Staplegrove, Taunton, TA2 6EJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 212 264
- Coordinates
- 51.03175, -3.12501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard immediately south of the porch of the Church of St John the Evangelist. It dates from the late 16th century to early 17th century and is made of red sandstone. The tomb features a flat top with a steeply chamfered cornice, which has subsided into the ground. There are no visible inscriptions on the tomb.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, Immediately South of Porch, Church of St John the Evangelist receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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