Thomas Palfrey Chest Tomb, About 6 Metres South South East of Porch, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Chest tomb.
Thomas Palfrey Chest Tomb, About 6 Metres South South East of Porch, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- moated-frieze-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 121 258
- Coordinates
- 51.02533, -3.25363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Palfrey chest tomb, located about 6 meters south-southeast of the porch of the Church of St Michael, is an early 19th-century structure made of Portland stone. It features a flat top and an unmoulded plinth. The east side of the tomb is inscribed with the name Thomas Palfrey, who died in 1827, while the rest of the tomb remains unadorned.
Local climate
Thomas Palfrey Chest Tomb, About 6 Metres South South East of Porch, Church of St Michael receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Palfrey Family Monument in Churcyard, About 4.5 Metres South of Tower, Church of St Aldhelm and St Eadburgha
- 2 2 Thomas Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres East of Church of St Michael
- 3 Thomas Monkton Chest Tomb About 21 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of All Saints
- 4 Thomas Monument in the Churchyard 8m South of South-West Corner of Porch, Church of St Michael and All Angels
- 5 Unidentified chest tomb in churchyard about 19 metres west of west end, Church of St Michael
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