Chest Tomb of Richard Clark, 10 Metres North of Nave, 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.
Chest Tomb of Richard Clark, 10 Metres North of Nave, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-foundation-merlin
- 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
- OS grid reference
- ST 743 411
- Coordinates
- 51.16868, -2.36764
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb of Richard Clark, who died in 1696, is located 10 metres north of the nave at the Church of St Mary. It is made of Doulting ashlar and features a moulded plinth with plain slabbed sides. The south side has an inset panel that contains a memorial inscription. The tomb has a flat top that is moulded around the edge.
Local climate
Chest Tomb of Richard Clark, 10 Metres North of Nave, 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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