John Taylor Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. A C18 Chest tomb.
John Taylor Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- muted-chapel-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 222 296
- Coordinates
- 51.06129, -3.11022
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Taylor chest tomb is located in the churchyard about 4 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Mary. This 18th-century chest tomb is made of Ham stone and features lias-panels. It has a ledger top with a moulded cornice, a frieze decorated with quatrefoils, a moulded architrave, fluted columns, and swags of fruit or ribbands. The spandrels are adorned with shallow arches that have winged cherub heads. The entire structure is significantly eroded, sunk, and leaning southwards. Inscription in fine 18th-century copperplate script appears on all faces, but only one complete inscription, that of John Taylor, is clearly distinguishable.
Local climate
John Taylor Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 4 Metres South of South Aisle, 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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