Candy Chest Tomb, 5 Metres East of East Wall of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Tomb.
Candy Chest Tomb, 5 Metres East of East Wall of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sacred-mortar-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Candy Chest Tomb, 5 Metres East of East Wall of Chancel of Church of St Mary, BA11 4PH
- OS grid reference
- ST 726 439
- Coordinates
- 51.19437, -2.3926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Candy chest tomb, located 5 metres east of the east wall of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, dates from the 17th century and has been restored. It is constructed from Doulting ashlar and features a moulded plinth that supports plain slab sides, each with a recessed plaque. The tomb is topped with a moulded cornice that supports a hipped top. It commemorates Thomas Candy, who died in 1681.
Local climate
Candy Chest Tomb, 5 Metres East of East Wall of Chancel of Church of St Mary receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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