Tomb slab 3 metres east of chancel of Church of St Denys is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1991. Tomb slab.
Tomb slab 3 metres east of chancel of Church of St Denys
- WRENN ID
- scarred-frieze-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1991
- Type
- Tomb slab
- Address
- Tomb slab 3 metres east of chancel of Church of St Denys, NG32 1SL
- OS grid reference
- SK 798 290
- Coordinates
- 52.85334, -0.81578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century tomb slab made of limestone, located 3 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Denys in Eaton. The slab tapers and features a rolled top edge and a rolled waist. At the head of the slab, there is a carved angel's head, with a 19th-century verse on the flanking sides.
Local climate
Tomb slab 3 metres east of chancel of Church of St Denys 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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