Group of 18 Chest Tombs Approximately 2 Metres from South East Corner of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1999. Group of tombs.
Group of 18 Chest Tombs Approximately 2 Metres from South East Corner of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- gilded-marble-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1999
- Type
- Group of tombs
- OS grid reference
- SJ 317 743
- Coordinates
- 53.26161, -3.02474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of 18 chest tombs located approximately 2 meters from the southeast corner of the Church of St Nicholas in Neston. They date from 1740 to 1783 and are made of red Bunter sandstone. The tombs feature center and end fluted muntins that frame raised and fielded panels, with two panels on each side. The end panels are decorated with carvings of skull and crossbones, hourglass, or angel motifs. The top slabs are inscribed and have moulded overhanging edges, although the dates and names are largely indecipherable. This group of tombs is significant within the churchyard.
Local climate
Group of 18 Chest Tombs Approximately 2 Metres from South East Corner of Church of St Nicholas 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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