Tomb Chest Circa 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Ribble local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. Tomb chest.
Tomb Chest Circa 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- weathered-mullion-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ribble
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1984
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- SD 524 289
- Coordinates
- 53.75515, -2.72317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb chest, dating from 1814, is located approximately 5 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in Penwortham. It commemorates John Horrocks, who died in 1804, along with other members of the Horrocks family. The inscription reads: "JOHN HORROCKS late of Penwortham Lodge in the County of Lancaster Esq. and Representative in Parliament for the Borough of Preston died on the 1st day of March Anno Domini 1804 aged 36 years" and additional details. The tomb is enclosed by a rectangular arrangement of cast iron railings, featuring urn finials at each corner. John Horrocks, along with his brother Samuel, established Horrocks, Miller & Co., which became the largest and most enduring cotton spinning and weaving firm in Preston.
Local climate
Tomb Chest Circa 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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