Tomb Chest Approximately 3 Metres South of Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Tomb.
Tomb Chest Approximately 3 Metres South of Church
- WRENN ID
- other-turret-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TF 292 251
- Coordinates
- 52.80852, -0.08423
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tomb chest, dating from 1629, is located approximately 3 metres south of the church on Weston Main Street. It is made of limestone ashlar and features an inscription on the eastern side that reads: "Here lyeth the Body of Willyam Welles Deseased the 22 of October An. Dom. 1629." The structure is designed as a rectangular chest, with a parallel stone set to form its shape and an overhanging chamfered slab placed on top.
Local climate
Tomb Chest Approximately 3 Metres South of Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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