Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of South West Angle of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1991. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of South West Angle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- carved-banister-lichen
- 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 782 246
- Coordinates
- 52.81331, -0.84107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 4 meters south of the southwest angle of the Church of St Mary, dates from the late 18th century. It is made of limestone and slate, featuring a limestone ledger and panelled sides with slate ends. The tomb commemorates Mary, the daughter of John and Frances Adams, who died in 1798.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of South West Angle of Church of St Mary 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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