Chest Tomb 5 metres north of south porch to All Saints Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 5 metres north of south porch to All Saints Church
- WRENN ID
- last-grate-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 414 293
- Coordinates
- 52.86021, -1.38531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1726, is located 5 metres north of the south porch of All Saints Church in Aston-upon-Trent. It is made of stone and features a single chest tomb on a wide plinth with a plain base. The north, west, and east sides have raised and fielded panels, with the west side containing an inserted slate plaque. The southern side bears a long inscription commemorating Thomas Holden, who died in 1726. The western plaque is dedicated to Arthur Shuttleworth Holden, who passed away in 1856. Atop the tomb is a deep slab with moulded sides and a chamfered top.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 5 metres north of south porch to All Saints Church 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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