Chest Tomb of Mckenna Family, 50 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Tomb.
Chest Tomb of Mckenna Family, 50 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 728 493
- Coordinates
- 51.24242, -2.39048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb of the McKenna family is located 50 metres north of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew. It was designed in 1932 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The tomb is a low, four-square structure made of Portland stone. Its corners are set on a bellied plinth, with the central section of each side extending down to the base and slightly projecting to form inscribed memorial tablets. A wreathed band is present between each of these sections. The top of the tomb is virtually flat and features an equilateral cross in relief.
Local climate
Chest Tomb of Mckenna Family, 50 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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