Chest Tomb Approximately Thirteen Metres to North West of Tower of Church of Saint Swithun is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately Thirteen Metres to North West of Tower of Church of Saint Swithun
- WRENN ID
- slow-cinder-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 718 299
- Coordinates
- 52.86604, -2.41887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1800, is located approximately thirteen metres northwest of the tower of the Church of Saint Swithun in Cheswardine. It is constructed from red sandstone ashlar and features an oval plan. The tomb is adorned with reeded pilaster strips, incised panels, and a moulded cornice on its octagonal top. Atop the tomb is an oval-shaped flaming urn finial, which has a moulded base and a reeded bowl decorated with swags over paterae and winged angels. The inscription on the tomb was illegible during the survey conducted in March 1986.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately Thirteen Metres to North West of Tower of Church of Saint Swithun 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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