Wilcox Chest Tomb, One Metre East of South Porch of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Tomb.
Wilcox Chest Tomb, One Metre East of South Porch of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- silver-porch-bramble
- 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
- Address
- Wilcox Chest Tomb, One Metre East of South Porch of Church of St Giles, Church Walk, Leigh-On-Mendip
- OS grid reference
- ST 692 472
- Coordinates
- 51.22386, -2.44169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wilcox chest tomb, located one metre east of the south porch of the Church of St Giles, is an early 19th-century structure made of Doulting ashlar. It features a moulded plinth that supports panelled sides, which are divided by pilasters and corner pilasters. The tomb has a chipped top and is dedicated to James Wilcox, who died in 1815.
Local climate
Wilcox Chest Tomb, One Metre East of South Porch of Church of St Giles 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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