Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 12 Metres North North West of North West Corner of North Aisle, Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Chest tomb.
Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 12 Metres North North West of North West Corner of North Aisle, Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- wild-lantern-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 684 348
- Coordinates
- 51.11172, -2.45212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb, possibly from the 17th century, located in the churchyard about 12 metres north-northwest of the northwest corner of the north aisle of the Church of Saint Mary. The tomb is almost completely buried and features plain sides with a thick, nearly flat top that is unmoulded. There are no visible inscriptions.
Local climate
Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 12 Metres North North West of North West Corner of North Aisle, Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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