Unidentified Chest Tomb, 3 Metres West of Tower, Church of St Pancras is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb, 3 Metres West of Tower, Church of St Pancras
- WRENN ID
- plain-bracket-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 168 337
- Coordinates
- 51.09656, -3.18922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located 3 metres west of the tower at the Church of St. Pancras. It is made of sandstone and features a ledger top with apsidal ends. The west end displays a coat of arms, while the east end is plain. The north side has been demolished, and the inscription on the south side is illegible, although the date 1699 can be discerned. At the time of the survey in April 1983, the tomb was partially overgrown with ivy and partially sunk.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb, 3 Metres West of Tower, Church of St Pancras receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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