Tomb Chest in Courtyard 16 Yds SSW from Porch of Church of St. Michael (Thomas Spier) is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Tomb.
Tomb Chest in Courtyard 16 Yds SSW from Porch of Church of St. Michael (Thomas Spier)
- WRENN ID
- long-screen-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb Chest in Courtyard 16 Yds SSW from Porch of Church of St. Michael (Thomas Spier), Main Street, Edenham
- OS grid reference
- TF 062 218
- Coordinates
- 52.78339, -0.42672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in the churchyard, 16 yards south-southwest from the porch of the Church of St. Michael. It dates from 1740 and is made of ashlar stone. The tomb features panelled sides with slightly projecting panelled angles, and it is topped with a moulded coping that rests on a moulded base. The sides are intricately carved to resemble domestic wooden panelling. This tomb is dedicated to Thomas Spier, a gentleman who died in 1740.
Local climate
Tomb Chest in Courtyard 16 Yds SSW from Porch of Church of St. Michael (Thomas Spier) 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 82% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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