Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- silent-glass-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SE 041 262
- Coordinates
- 53.73226, -1.93859
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb, located approximately 7 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, dates from the mid-17th century and was created for Thomas Murgatroyd of Murgatroyd and East Riddlesden Hall, who died in 1653. It is made of coursed squared stone. The base features leaf carvings at the upper corners and a central bulbous decorative element on the north side. The top slab is lugged and has a moulding that forms a cornice at the base. There are two surviving brass panels inset into the top slab, one of which displays a coat of arms.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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