Chest Tomb 5 Metres North West of Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1994. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb 5 Metres North West of Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1994
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 929 395
- Coordinates
- 52.94525, -0.61775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 5 metres north-west of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, was created in 1927 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for Adelbert Cust, the 5th Baron Brownlow, of Belton House. It is made of Portland stone and slate and features a cruciform shape with a moulded base and cornice, resting on a cove-moulded plinth. Each side of the chest displays inscriptions and a coat of arms in relief. The top is covered with an incised slate slab.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 5 Metres North West of Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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