Pair of Chest Tombs 15 Metres South of South Door to All Saints Church is a Grade II listed building in the Erewash local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1986. A C18 Tomb.
Pair of Chest Tombs 15 Metres South of South Door to All Saints Church
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-outpost-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Erewash
- Constituency
- Erewash MP: Adam Thompson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 461 356
- Coordinates
- 52.91659, -1.31574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of chest tombs located 15 metres south of the south door to All Saints Church in Risley. They date from the early to mid 18th century and are made of red brick with stone dressings. Each tomb features brick sides and a stone slab on top with moulded edges. The west end of each tomb has a stone slab with inscriptions. The southern tomb has two inscriptions, each set in a moulded panel with an angel depicted between the panels at the top. The southern panel reads, "Here lieth the body of Richard Smedley who departed this life February the 16th 1748. In the 80th year of his age," while the northern panel states, "Here lieth the body of William Smedley who departed this life June the 24 MDCCXLIII." The plaque is signed in the bottom corner, but the signature is no longer legible. The northern tomb is inscribed, "Here lieth the body of Edward ... and Elizabeth his wife. She departed this life January 23 1729 Aged 50 and he departed this life July 17 1730 Aged 51."
Local climate
Pair of Chest Tombs 15 Metres South of South Door to All Saints Church 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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