Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of Porch of Church of St Egelwin the Martyr is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1991. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of Porch of Church of St Egelwin the Martyr
- WRENN ID
- plain-casement-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1991
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 762 241
- Coordinates
- 52.80923, -0.86951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, made of limestone, dates from the 18th century and is located approximately 1 meter east of the porch of the Church of St Egelwin the Martyr on Church Street in Scalford. It is a low, monolithic, coffin-shaped tomb featuring an inscription on the south side. The top of the tomb displays initials and a date, which appears to be 1719.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of Porch of Church of St Egelwin the Martyr sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% 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 69% 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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