3 Chest Tombs Situated Approximately 6, 10 and 13 Metres to South West of Porch to Church of St James SW of Porch of Church of St James* is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tomb.
3 Chest Tombs Situated Approximately 6, 10 and 13 Metres to South West of Porch to Church of St James SW of Porch of Church of St James*
- WRENN ID
- idle-attic-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster Central MP: Sally Jameson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 529 946
- Coordinates
- 53.4462, -1.20388
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located approximately 6, 10, and 13 metres to the south-west of the porch of the Church of St. James. The tombs are dated 1773, 1727, and 1820 and are made of ashlar sandstone. The tomb nearest to the porch is dedicated to Sarah Hall, who died in 1773. It features a moulded plinth and square corner balusters that support an inscribed slab with a moulded edge. The second tomb, located 4 metres to the south, is for George Brook, who died in 1727. This tomb has a plinth, ribbed side panels, and a moulded edge on the inscribed slab. The third tomb, 2 metres further south, belongs to I. W. Graham, who died in 1820, among others. It has re-entrant corners with columns, oval panels on each side with foliate corner motifs, an inscription on the north side, and a weathered cover stone.
Local climate
3 Chest Tombs Situated Approximately 6, 10 and 13 Metres to South West of Porch to Church of St James SW of Porch of Church of St James* receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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