Jones Chest Tomb to South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1987. Tomb.
Jones Chest Tomb to South of Church of St Michael
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston MP: Andrew Western (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Jones Chest Tomb to South of Church of St Michael, Church Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 747 939
- Coordinates
- 53.44173, -2.38186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Jones chest tomb, located to the south of the Church of St. Michael, dates from around 1751. It is made of stone and features raised panels on each side. Square corner balusters support an inscribed slab that has a moulded edge. The Latin inscription commemorates Joannes Jones, who died in 1751 at the age of 52, and Anna Jones, who died in 1755 at the age of 47.
Local climate
Jones Chest Tomb to South of Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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