Two Chest Tombs 2 Metres South of Chancel at Church of Saint Mary and Saint Peter is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1994. Tomb.
Two Chest Tombs 2 Metres South of Chancel at Church of Saint Mary and Saint Peter
- WRENN ID
- standing-terrace-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 882 326
- Coordinates
- 52.88395, -0.68967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two chest tombs located 2 metres south of the chancel at the Church of St Mary and St Peter, dating from the early to mid-18th century. They are made of limestone ashlar. The tomb to the west is coffin-shaped with a shallow cambered top and features a cherub at the head end. The tomb to the east has a plinth, half-balusters at the corners, and moulded edges on the flat top. The inscriptions on both tombs are illegible. These tombs are included for their group value.
Local climate
Two Chest Tombs 2 Metres South of Chancel at Church of Saint Mary and Saint Peter 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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