Tomb Chest in Churchyard of St Peter and St Paul 12 Paces from South Transept is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. A 1823 Tomb chest.
Tomb Chest in Churchyard of St Peter and St Paul 12 Paces from South Transept
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-courtyard-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Tomb chest
- Address
- Tomb Chest in Churchyard of St Peter and St Paul 12 Paces from South Transept, Westhorpe Road, Gosberton
- OS grid reference
- TF 237 317
- Coordinates
- 52.86888, -0.16299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb chest located in the churchyard of St. Peter and St. Paul, 12 paces from the south transept, dates from 1823. It is made of ashlar and slate and commemorates Benjamin Crosby, who died in 1823. The design features bulbous angle baluster pilasters and includes a slate inscription panel. The tomb chest was created by Blackwell.
Local climate
Tomb Chest in Churchyard of St Peter and St Paul 12 Paces from South Transept sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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