Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Augustine is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Augustine
- WRENN ID
- final-pewter-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Augustine, West Monkton
- OS grid reference
- ST 263 284
- Coordinates
- 51.05065, -3.05254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century chest tomb made of Ham stone, located about one metre south of the chancel at the Church of St Augustine in West Monkton. The tomb features a flat top with a cyma recta moulded cornice and a bevelled plinth. The south face is divided into two arched bays, which include imposts and keystones, reflecting an early 17th-century style. One panel on the southeast side is inscribed to Joan, while the other panel is blank.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, About One Metre South of Chancel, Church of St Augustine receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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