Tomb chest to Dawson family, approximately 20 metres south of porch of Church of St Mary and St Hardulph is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1989. Tomb chest.
Tomb chest to Dawson family, approximately 20 metres south of porch of Church of St Mary and St Hardulph
- WRENN ID
- swift-render-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1989
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- SK 405 233
- Coordinates
- 52.80582, -1.39989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb chest for the Dawson family is located approximately 20 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph. This early 18th-century structure is made of limestone and features slate inscription panels on its ends. It has a moulded base and a cornice lid. The inscriptions commemorate Henry Dawson, who died in 1704, and John Dawson, who died in 1716.
Local climate
Tomb chest to Dawson family, approximately 20 metres south of porch of Church of St Mary and St Hardulph 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% 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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