Unidentified Chest Tomb, 5 Metres South of West End of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Monument.
Unidentified Chest Tomb, 5 Metres South of West End of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- woven-parapet-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 709 416
- Coordinates
- 51.17339, -2.41666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1750, is located 5 metres south of the west end of the Church of St Mary in Wanstrow. It is constructed from Ham Hill ashlar and features panelled sides with vestigial fluted corner pilasters. The tomb has a moulded cornice above and a hipped top. The inscriptions on the tomb have decayed over time.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb, 5 Metres South of West End of Church of St Mary 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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