Chest Tomb, 1 Metre South of the Chancel, 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.
Chest Tomb, 1 Metre South of the Chancel, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- nether-solder-burdock
- 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 168 297
- Coordinates
- 51.06108, -3.18853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 1 metre south of the chancel at the Church of St Mary, dates from the mid-17th century and is made of Ham stone. It features bombe sides and rests on a moulded plinth. The inscription frieze has eroded away on all faces except the north side, which reads "day of January anno dommini 1651." The tomb has a flat top adorned with a coat of arms in a cartouche, supported by a demi-tetrahedron. It is an impressive chest tomb situated in a prominent position.
Local climate
Chest Tomb, 1 Metre South of the Chancel, 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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