Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1991. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Michael
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- 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 712 231
- Coordinates
- 52.80132, -0.94491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1799, is located approximately 2 meters west of the tower of the Church of St Michael in Wartnaby. It is made of slate and features plain pilastered corners. One of the long sides has an inscription commemorating Violetta, the wife of John Bullivant and the only grandchild of Robert Wartnaby, who died on 4 September 1799 at the age of 24.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Michael 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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