Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North of the Chancel of the Church of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North of the Chancel of the Church of St Cuthbert
- WRENN ID
- fading-cinder-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 808 046
- Coordinates
- 52.63939, -2.28379
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 10 metres north of the chancel of the Church of St. Cuthbert, is likely from around 1840. It is made of sandstone and features a scalloped shell design with trailing leaf decoration on the long sides. The corner pilasters are adorned with Gothic traceried panels. The inscription on the tomb is illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North of the Chancel of the Church of St Cuthbert receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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