Chest Tomb Adjoining South Porch to West at Church of St Leodegarius is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1995. Monument.
Chest Tomb Adjoining South Porch to West at Church of St Leodegarius
- WRENN ID
- burning-plinth-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Nottingham
- Constituency
- Nottingham North and Kimberley MP: Alex Norris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1995
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SK 552 427
- Coordinates
- 52.97937, -1.17799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1776, is located adjacent to the south porch on the west side of the Church of St Leodegarius in Basford, Nottingham. It is constructed of ashlar and features baluster corners with moulded edges along the top. The tomb commemorates Joshua Ward, who died in 1768, as well as other members of the Ward family, with records indicating their presence from 1735 onwards. Notably, Henry Ward Snr., who passed away in 1735, is said to have lived to the age of 108.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Adjoining South Porch to West at Church of St Leodegarius sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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