Pair of Poole Family Chest Tombs Within Raised Surround, in Churchyard About 8 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Chest tombs.
Pair of Poole Family Chest Tombs Within Raised Surround, in Churchyard About 8 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- slow-pillar-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- ST 009 426
- Coordinates
- 51.17454, -3.41824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description is for a pair of Poole family chest tombs located within a raised surround in the churchyard, about 8 meters east of the chancel at the Church of St John the Baptist. These identical chest tombs date from the early 19th century and are made of lias, Ham stone, and Portland stone. They feature a ledger top, a moulded cornice, a bevelled plinth, and end pilasters with sunk two-centred head panels. The southern tomb has lias panels inscribed with details about Chester Poole, who died in 1829, and his wife Mary on the north front, while the east and west ends are blank. The northern tomb is in very poor condition, with the south and east ends missing, a damaged west end, and a slate panel on the north front. There is some evidence of railings around the tombs.
Local climate
Pair of Poole Family Chest Tombs Within Raised Surround, in Churchyard About 8 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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