Tombchest of William Briscoe (Died 1723) and Others, 4 Metres West of Priest's Door to St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1985. Tombchest.
Tombchest of William Briscoe (Died 1723) and Others, 4 Metres West of Priest's Door to St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- graven-gutter-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1985
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SJ 336 717
- Coordinates
- 53.23876, -2.99513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchest of William Briscoe, who died in 1723, is located 4 meters west of the priest's door to St Michael's Church in Shotwick. This tombchest is made of buff sandstone and is rectangular in shape, resting on a chamfered plinth. It features two fielded panels on the long sides and one on the short sides. The top slab has a cyma-moulded cornice and is inscribed with a long text in a semi-circular headed border, commemorating William Briscoe, his wife, brother, and sister-in-law, all in a good serifed script. The design suggests that, aside from the top slab, the rest of the tombchest may date to around 1764.
Local climate
Tombchest of William Briscoe (Died 1723) and Others, 4 Metres West of Priest's Door to St Michael's Church receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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