Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 12 Metres South West of the West Tower, 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 South West of the West Tower, Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- night-turret-rain
- 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 684 347
- Coordinates
- 51.11145, -2.4524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century chest tomb located in the churchyard about 12 metres southwest of the west tower of the Church of Saint Mary. It is made of Doulting stone and features a sunken base with semi-circular arched keystoned panels, one on each end and two on each side. The tomb has a deep roll moulding followed by a very heavy and thick hipped top. Although the inscriptions are no longer readable, a similar chest tomb panel that is now part of the south boundary wall is dated 1637.
Local climate
Unknown Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 12 Metres South West of the West Tower, 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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