Vining Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 4 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1985. Chest tomb.
Vining Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 4 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- sunken-balcony-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 665 230
- Coordinates
- 51.00591, -2.47845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Vining Chest Tomb, located in the churchyard 4 metres southeast of the porch of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, dates from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of Ham stone and features a moulded base with one fielded panel on each face. The tomb has coffer panelled pilasters on its flanks and a moulded hipped top. It commemorates John Vining, who died in 1767, along with others, although most of the inscriptions have been lost.
Local climate
Vining Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 4 Metres South East of Porch, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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