Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 8 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. A Georgian Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 8 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- lesser-parapet-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- ST 009 426
- Coordinates
- 51.17445, -3.4183
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard about 8 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist. It is made of sandstone and features a flat top with a moulded cornice and a sunk plinth. The east and west ends of the tomb are blank, while the north and south fronts are inscribed with lettering that is still in good condition, although the names of those interred are no longer legible.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 8 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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