Coffin, Approximately 4 Metres South of South Door of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Tomb.
Coffin, Approximately 4 Metres South of South Door of St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- eternal-flagstone-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SE 536 479
- Coordinates
- 53.92535, -1.18384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a coffin located approximately 4 metres south of the south door of St Mary's Church. It is said to be of Roman origin and is made from millstone grit. The coffin measures approximately 1.25 metres long, 0.5 metres wide, and 0.25 metres deep. It features a simple design with a chamfered lid. The coffin was discovered in 1838 in a nearby field, as noted in "The Church of St Mary, Askham Richard, Historical Notes."
Local climate
Coffin, Approximately 4 Metres South of South Door of St Mary's Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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