John and Maria Fussell Chest Tomb, 5 Metres West of West Front of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Tomb.
John and Maria Fussell Chest Tomb, 5 Metres West of West Front of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- inner-trefoil-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 737 456
- Coordinates
- 51.20981, -2.37734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John and Maria Fussell chest tomb, located 5 metres west of the west front of the Church of All Saints, was built in 1853. It is made of Doulting ashlar and has a rectangular appearance reminiscent of a 13th-century shrine. The tomb features a weathered stone roof, blind trefoil side panels, and open gables that contain cinquefoils. Inside, there is a tomb chest with a Gothic cross. Additionally, there are bronze memorial tablets commemorating John Fussell, who died in 1853, and Maria Mary, who died in 1863.
Local climate
John and Maria Fussell Chest Tomb, 5 Metres West of West Front of Church of All Saints 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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