Dobe Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 3 Metres West of West Wall, Church of Saint Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Tomb.
Dobe Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 3 Metres West of West Wall, Church of Saint Peter
- WRENN ID
- dusted-rubblework-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 681 317
- Coordinates
- 51.08412, -2.45555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dobe chest tomb, located in the churchyard three metres west of the west wall of the Church of Saint Peter, dates from the mid to late 17th century. It is made of Doulting stone, with its base buried. The tomb features flat slab sides that are incised and a heavy flat top with rounded edges. It commemorates Jane Dobe, who died in 1664.
Local climate
Dobe Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 3 Metres West of West Wall, Church of Saint Peter 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 11 Meters North North East of North Tower, Church of Saint Mary
- 2 Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 23 Metres West North West of West Tower, Church of Saint Mary
- 3 Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres North West of Porch, Church of Saint Mary
- 4 Chest Tomb, 1 Metre North of North East Corner of Organ Chamber, in Churchyard, Church of St Lawrence
- 5 Holden Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 2 Metres West of West Wall, Church of Saint Peter
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings