Hoakens Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 17 Metres North West of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1985. Tomb.
Hoakens Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 17 Metres North West of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- rusted-moat-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 665 230
- Coordinates
- 51.00621, -2.47884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hoakens Chest Tomb is located in the churchyard, 17 metres north-west of the tower of the Church of St Peter and St Paul. This chest tomb likely dates from the 17th century and is made of local stone. The base is buried, and it features plain slab sides with a heavy flat top that has angled coving. The overall shape is an unpointed wedge, rather than rectangular. While there are no visible inscriptions on the weathered sides, there is a probably later inscription at the thinner west end that reads, "Here lyeth the/body of Richard/ Hoakens he/dyed/ocl F ye 9 1760 AGED 72/years."
Local climate
Hoakens Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 17 Metres North West of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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