Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 4 Metres East 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. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 4 Metres East of Chancel, Church of St Augustine
- WRENN ID
- heavy-stair-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 263 284
- Coordinates
- 51.05071, -3.05248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located about 4 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Augustine. It dates from the late 17th century and is made of Ham stone. The tomb features a flat top with a cyma recta moulded cornice and a moulded plinth. Inscriptions on the north, west, and south faces are illegible, although the date 1675 may be discernible on the east face, which is plain.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard About 4 Metres East 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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