Hewitt Family Chest Tomb to North West of Church of St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Hewitt Family Chest Tomb to North West of Church of St Paul
- WRENN ID
- over-groin-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Hewitt Family Chest Tomb to North West of Church of St Paul, Manchester Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 718 039
- Coordinates
- 53.5314, -2.4263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hewitt family chest tomb, located to the north-west of the Church of St. Paul, dates from around 1788. It is made of stone and features an inscribed slab. The chest has fluted sides and is adorned with husk garlands and other classical motifs. The inscription commemorates Margaret, the daughter of Peter and Mary Hewitt of Peel Hall, who died on October 21, 1788, as well as their sons William, Peter, and Thomas, with Peter Hewitt passing away in 1819 and Mary, his wife, also mentioned.
Local climate
Hewitt Family Chest Tomb to North West of Church of St Paul sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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