Tombchest of William and Elizabeth Hilton, 17 Metres West of West Door of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1985. Tomb chest.
Tombchest of William and Elizabeth Hilton, 17 Metres West of West Door of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- half-wicket-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1985
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- SJ 491 669
- Coordinates
- 53.19729, -2.7626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchest of William and Elizabeth Hilton is located 17 meters west of the west door of the Church of St Andrew in Tarvin. It was erected in 1782 at the expense of John Hilton. The tombchest is made of buff sandstone and features a moulded plinth. The long sides have raised rectangular, inscribed panels with nicked corners, and there are vertical bands of cyma-moulding on either side. The short sides display large elliptical medallions on the west and an inscription recording the erection on the east, both flanked by bands of vertical rilling. The top slab is plain and has a moulded cornice.
Local climate
Tombchest of William and Elizabeth Hilton, 17 Metres West of West Door of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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Nearby listed buildings
- Sundial in the Churchyard of St Andrew
- Gates and Gatepiers to the Churchyard of St Andrew
- Tarvin War Memorial
- Tombchest of John Minshull and Daughter, South West Corner of Churchyard of St Andrew
- Church House
- Church Hall, Grammar School House and the Hearse House
- Church Cottages
- Church of St Andrew
- The Flaggs and Hamilton House, and Front Garden Walls and Gates
- The Vicarage