Rowe Family Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 15 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. A C19 Chest tomb.
Rowe Family Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 15 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- calm-gravel-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 204 428
- Coordinates
- 51.17938, -3.13923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rowe family chest tomb, located in the churchyard 15 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Andrew, dates from the mid 19th century. It is made of York stone and features a ledger top with a cyma recta moulded cornice and a moulded plinth. The tomb is unadorned, with three recessed panels on the north and south sides. The centre panel on the north face is inscribed to John Rowe, who died in 1835, and his brother William, who died in 1854.
Local climate
Rowe Family Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 15 Metres South of Nave, Church of St Andrew 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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