Tomb Chest Approximately 10 Metres South-West of the Tower of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1987. Tomb.
Tomb Chest Approximately 10 Metres South-West of the Tower of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- south-soffit-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 657 217
- Coordinates
- 51.89296, -2.49913
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tomb, located approximately 10 metres south-west of the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist, dates from around 1800 and is made of sandstone. It has a square plan and features a moulded cornice, a frieze adorned with paterae and fluting, and a pyramidal cap. On the north side, there is a panel with re-entrant corners that includes an inscription mentioning Jane Boughton, who died in 1799, and Elizabeth Mathews, who died in 1805.
Local climate
Tomb Chest Approximately 10 Metres South-West of the Tower of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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