Barrett Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 12 Metres South of Chancel, Church of Saint Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Chest tomb.
Barrett Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 12 Metres South of Chancel, Church of Saint Michael
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-terrace-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 538 121
- Coordinates
- 50.90712, -2.65713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barrett Chest Tomb, located in the churchyard 12 metres south of the chancel of the Church of Saint Michael, is a chest tomb likely dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from Ham stone and features a stepped base and a tall moulded plinth. Each side of the tomb has one fielded panel, with fluted pilasters on either side of the central panel. The tomb is topped with a heavy moulded hipped top. It commemorates Susanna Barrett, the wife of Thomas Barrett, although the date of her death is not readable.
Local climate
Barrett Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 12 Metres South of Chancel, Church of Saint Michael receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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