Daniell Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Chest tomb.
Daniell Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- burning-clay-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 498 132
- Coordinates
- 50.91625, -2.71443
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Daniell Chest Tomb, located 10 metres south of the chancel at the Church of Saint Mary, is a chest tomb from the late 17th century. It is made of Ham stone and has a rectangular plan. The tomb features a moulded base, parallel ends, and simple recessed panels with fluted pilasters on the sides. The top is heavily moulded and hipped. This tomb commemorates John Daniell, who died in 1683, and his wife Mary, who died in 1701.
Local climate
Daniell Chest Tomb, 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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