John North Chest Tomb, 4 Metres South West of South Porch, Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Tomb.
John North Chest Tomb, 4 Metres South West of South Porch, Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- deep-cobble-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 127 321
- Coordinates
- 51.08175, -3.24632
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John North chest tomb, located 4 metres southwest of the south porch of the Church of St Lawrence, is an early 18th-century structure. It is made of Ham stone and features blue lias panels. The tomb has a ledger top and a moulded cornice. The south side is inscribed with the name John North, who died in 1721, while the north side is inscribed for Grace North, who died in 1759.
Local climate
John North Chest Tomb, 4 Metres South West of South Porch, Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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