Nicholas Grobham Tomb, 3 Metres South-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.
Nicholas Grobham Tomb, 3 Metres South-West of Porch, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- waiting-keystone-brook
- 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
- 51.06095, -3.18882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nicholas Grobham tomb is a chest tomb located 3 metres south-west of the porch of the Church of St Mary, dating from around 1600. It features a flat top made of Ham stone, with sides constructed from Dundry stone. The tomb has a plain chamfered cornice and is otherwise unadorned, except for an attached brass plaque at the east end that commemorates Nicholas Grobham, who died in 1594, and his wife Eleanor. They also have a brass memorial inside the church. Their son established the almshouses in Bishop's Lydeard.
Local climate
Nicholas Grobham Tomb, 3 Metres South-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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