Chest Tomb 10 Metres South West of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Bolsover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1989. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 10 Metres South West of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- floating-lintel-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolsover
- Constituency
- Bolsover MP: Natalie Fleet (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 467 652
- Coordinates
- 53.18202, -1.30228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 10 metres southwest of the Church of St John the Baptist, dates from around 1719 and is made of sandstone ashlar. It features a plain chest constructed from slabs of ashlar and has a flat slab top with a moulded edge. The tomb includes a square inlaid panel that displays a relief carving of a coat of arms along with tools associated with a joiner or mason, such as an axe, hammer, pair of dividers, shovel, and a drill. The inscription reads "R : N : 1690 : I: N 1719 1719".
Local climate
Chest Tomb 10 Metres South West of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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