Bishop Chest Tomb, 6 Metres South South East of South Porch, Church of Saint Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Tomb.
Bishop Chest Tomb, 6 Metres South South East of South Porch, Church of Saint Margaret
- WRENN ID
- late-keep-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 472 131
- Coordinates
- 50.91506, -2.75229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bishop Chest Tomb, located 6 metres south-southeast of the south porch of the Church of Saint Margaret, is a chest tomb from the 19th century made of Ham stone. It features a base with a moulded plinth and panels that have incised borders, with fluted pilasters on both the flanks and ends. The tomb has a bold moulded coving on its hipped top. It commemorates members of the Bishop family, notably John, who died in 1851, and George, who died in 1865. The tomb may either be a very late copy of a 17th-century tomb or a re-use of one.
Local climate
Bishop Chest Tomb, 6 Metres South South East of South Porch, Church of Saint Margaret receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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