Emma Wooley Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 10 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Chest tomb.
Emma Wooley Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 10 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- mired-banister-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 790 540
- Coordinates
- 51.28523, -2.30234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Emma Wooley Chest Tomb is located in the churchyard, 10 metres north of the tower of the Church of St. Lawrence. This chest tomb dates from the early 19th century and is made of Forest of Dean stone. It features a tooled plinth, corner columns, and four plain panels, topped with a flat surface. The tomb is dedicated to Emma Wooley, who passed away in 1837, and William Wooley, who died in 1878.
Local climate
Emma Wooley Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 10 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Lawrence 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 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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