Coles Family Chest Tomb, 6 Metres South-West of Tower, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Tomb.

Coles Family Chest Tomb, 6 Metres South-West of Tower, Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
wild-frieze-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 May 1984
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
ST 167 297
Coordinates
51.06099, -3.189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Coles Family chest tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located 6 metres south-west of the tower at the Church of St Mary in Bishop's Lydeard. It features stone made from blue lias, with a ledger top and a cyma recta moulded cornice. The corners are moulded, and there are two inserted panels on the north and south sides, with inscriptions in elegant script. The north side is badly worn, but the date 1774 is still legible. The east and west ends are plain, while the south side is inscribed to Mary, the wife of Francis Coles, who died in 1732, and her son who died in 1726. At the time of the survey in April 1983, the tomb was partially sunk into the ground.

Local climate

Coles Family Chest Tomb, 6 Metres South-West of Tower, Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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