Manning Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 4 Metres South of South East Corner Church of Saint John the Baptist is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Chest tomb.
Manning Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 4 Metres South of South East Corner Church of Saint John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- rough-pinnacle-ochre
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 719 361
- Coordinates
- 51.12386, -2.40172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manning Chest Tomb, located in the churchyard 4 metres south of the southeast corner of the Church of Saint John the Baptist, dates back to 1618 and is made of Doulting stone. The base and lower parts of the panels are buried. Each side features two panels, with one panel at each end, adorned with reeded pilasters topped with decorated square panels. The tomb has a very heavy dentilled hipped top. On the south side, the left panel reads: "HERERSTETH/THEBODIEOF/WILLIAMMA/NNINGWH/(ODE)CEASEDTHE/(-)OF JUNE1618," while the right panel states: "HEREALSO/RESTETHE/BODYOF MAR/GRETHISWI/FEWHO DECE/ASEDTHEXXI/DECEMB1623." The north side has an inscription that is mostly worn away, but "Elizabeth - died 1697" can still be discerned on the right panel, which is signed in script lettering: "RA."
Local climate
Manning Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 4 Metres South of South East Corner Church of Saint John the Baptist receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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