Unidentified Chest Tomb, 7 Metres South of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb, 7 Metres South of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- calm-ember-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 467 134
- Coordinates
- 50.91766, -2.75902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located 7 metres south of the southeast corner of the chancel at the Church of Saint Mary. It is made of Ham stone and features a moulded plinth. Each face of the tomb has a single fielded panel, with pilasters on the flanks that have three fielded panels. The top of the tomb is moulded and hipped, although the inscriptions have been lost.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb, 7 Metres South of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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