Unidentified Chest Tomb in the Churchyard One Metre South of Vestry of the Church of St Mary and St John is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in the Churchyard One Metre South of Vestry of the Church of St Mary and St John
- WRENN ID
- moated-sandstone-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Unidentified Chest Tomb in the Churchyard One Metre South of Vestry of the Church of St Mary and St John, Lamyatt
- OS grid reference
- ST 661 361
- Coordinates
- 51.12391, -2.4853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1668, is located one metre south of the vestry of the Church of St Mary and St John in Lamyatt. It is made of dressed stone and features a sunken plinth. The oblong chest consists of four massive stone slabs, and the frieze has a decayed inscription. The top slab is moulded around the lower edge.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in the Churchyard One Metre South of Vestry of the Church of St Mary and St John 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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