Thomas Meade Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 7 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Chest tomb.
Thomas Meade Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 7 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- noble-balcony-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 790 540
- Coordinates
- 51.28521, -2.30235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Meade Chest Tomb is located in the churchyard, 7 metres north of the tower of the Church of St. Lawrence. This chest tomb dates from the early 19th century and is made of Doulting stone. It features a rectangular plinth with six panels positioned between two-stage buttresses. The tomb has hollow chamfered pointed arches with heraldic shields at both ends and slate infill panels set back on the sides of a gothic cross. The top is flat and moulded. The surrounding area is paved with rounded top edging stones, although the railings have been removed. The tomb is dedicated to Thomas Meade and his wife Catherine, both of whom died in 1839, as well as their daughter Mary Meade, who died in 1849, and another daughter, also named Mary Meade, who died in 1872.
Local climate
Thomas Meade Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 7 Metres North of Tower, Church of St Lawrence 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 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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