Medcalf Tombs at Churchyard of St Mary to South of South Chancel Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Tomb.
Medcalf Tombs at Churchyard of St Mary to South of South Chancel Chapel
- WRENN ID
- ghost-trefoil-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Medcalf Tombs at Churchyard of St Mary to South of South Chancel Chapel, Cottesmore Road, Ashwell
- OS grid reference
- SK 865 137
- Coordinates
- 52.71431, -0.71986
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Medcalf tombs, dating from 1661 and 1669, are located in the churchyard of St. Mary, to the south of the south chancel chapel in Ashwell. These tombs feature stone coffin lid types with headstones. The inscriptions on the tombs are dedicated to Charles Medcalf and his wife Ann Metcalf, and they face away from the tombs themselves.
Local climate
Medcalf Tombs at Churchyard of St Mary to South of South Chancel Chapel 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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