2 Chest Tombs at South East End of Church of St John the Baptist, Beside Main Footpath is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. A C18 Tomb.
2 Chest Tombs at South East End of Church of St John the Baptist, Beside Main Footpath
- WRENN ID
- old-chancel-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- 2 Chest Tombs at South East End of Church of St John the Baptist, Beside Main Footpath, High Street, Colsterworth
- OS grid reference
- SK 930 241
- Coordinates
- 52.80687, -0.62116
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located at the southeast end of the Church of St John the Baptist, next to the main footpath. These tombs date from the late 18th century and are made of ashlar stone. The lower tomb on the west side features raised inscription side panels with bolection moulded surrounds, which are flanked by squat pilasters with bulbous bases. At the west end, there is a scrolled cartouche panel that includes a memento mori. The taller tomb on the east side has large moulded inscription side panels with recessed deeply concave ends.
Local climate
2 Chest Tombs at South East End of Church of St John the Baptist, Beside Main Footpath 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 79% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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