Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 1 Metre West of South Porch, Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 1 Metre West of South Porch, Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- stark-glass-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 111 229
- Coordinates
- 50.99881, -3.2674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located in the churchyard, about 1 meter west of the south porch of the Church of St Peter. It dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century and is made of Ham stone with lias panels. The tomb features a flat top and a very deep cyma recta moulded cornice, along with a chamfered plinth. The east and west ends show remnants of carved decoration, which may include coats of arms, and there are rectangular panels of carved decoration in the outer bays. The inset lias panels are much eroded, but the best panel in the north-east corner appears to be decorated with 'C' scroll curves. This design is considered unusual for a chest tomb in this area.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About 1 Metre West of South Porch, Church of St Peter receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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