Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Chapel Church of St Leonard is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. A Medieval Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Chapel Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- solitary-chapel-marsh
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Chapel Church of St Leonard, BS27 3UN
- OS grid reference
- ST 482 498
- Coordinates
- 51.24537, -2.74302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb from the 15th century, located about 4 metres south of the south chapel of the Church of St Leonard in Rodney Stoke. It is made of dressed stone and features an oblong shape resting on a moulded plinth. The north side has three quatrefoil panels, each enclosing a blank shield, and a fourth panel displaying a monogram. The east and west ends also have additional carvings. The top slab is adorned with deep cavetto moulding around its edge and a series of blank shields in relief. The tomb may be associated with a member of the Rodney family.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Chapel Church of St Leonard receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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