Unknown Monument in the Churchyard 14 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. Chest tomb.
Unknown Monument in the Churchyard 14 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- veiled-cloister-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 564 318
- Coordinates
- 51.08441, -2.62252
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 14 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Peter. It dates from the 17th century and is made of dressed lias and Ham stone. The tomb has a classic oblong shape and rests on a moulded plinth, although the plinth was buried at the time of the re-survey in August 1984.
The chest features elaborate scroll decoration on both the east and west ends. The east end surrounds a clover-roof cross, while the west end has a blank oval panel. The south side is adorned with fluted end pilasters, and the north side has end pilasters with cherubic heads in relief. Between each pair of pilasters on the north side is a lias panel, which contains the remains of an inscription. The top of the tomb is a hipped slab with a cavetto moulding around its lower edge.
Local climate
Unknown Monument in the Churchyard 14 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Peter receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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