Chest tomb in north-east corner of the churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1994. Chest tomb.
Chest tomb in north-east corner of the churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lost-pewter-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1994
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Chest tomb in north-east corner of the churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary, Silver Street, Ilminster
- OS grid reference
- ST 360 145
- Coordinates
- 50.92728, -2.91138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb, dating from the early 18th century, is located in the north-east corner of the churchyard of the Parish Church of St Mary. It is constructed from Ham Hill stone and features a double moulded plinth beneath a moulded cornice and a hipped top. There are no legible inscriptions on the tomb.
Local climate
Chest tomb in north-east corner of the churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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