Holden Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres West of West Wall, Church of Saint Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Tomb.
Holden Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres West of West Wall, Church of Saint Peter
- WRENN ID
- eternal-rubblework-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 681 317
- Coordinates
- 51.0841, -2.45553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holden Chest Tomb, located in the churchyard 2 metres west of the west wall of the Church of Saint Peter, is an early 17th-century chest tomb made of Doulting stone. The base is buried, and the slab sides feature thin reeded pilasters that create three panels on the flanks and one on each end. The tomb has a heavy flat top adorned with dentilled coving. It commemorates ------- Holden, who died in 1620.
Local climate
Holden Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres West of West Wall, Church of Saint Peter receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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