William Withycombe Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 15 Metres South of Porch, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Tomb.
William Withycombe Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 15 Metres South of Porch, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- fossil-panel-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 009 426
- Coordinates
- 51.17434, -3.41858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The William Withycombe chest tomb, located in the churchyard about 15 metres south of the porch of the Church of St John the Baptist, dates from the late 18th century. It is constructed from Ham stone and possibly Portland stone. The tomb features a flat top with a cyma reversa moulded cornice and a sunk plinth. The end pilasters have fielded panels. On the north front, there is an inserted slate slab with good lettering that commemorates William Withycombe of Bickham, who died in 1796. The original panel on the north front is missing, and there is a lias panel on the west end.
Local climate
William Withycombe Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 15 Metres South of Porch, Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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