Chest Tombs of Spode Family, St Peter's Churchyard Approximately 100 Metres South West of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1993. Chest tombs.
Chest Tombs of Spode Family, St Peter's Churchyard Approximately 100 Metres South West of Church
- WRENN ID
- shifting-joist-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent Central MP: Gareth Snell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1993
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SJ 878 451
- Coordinates
- 53.00365, -2.18232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tombs of the Spode family, located in St Peter's Churchyard approximately 100 meters southwest of the church, date from 1793 to 1827. Made of stone, there are five chest tombs raised on a mount. Each tomb features two simply moulded panels on each long side, which include inscriptions, and a blind oval panel on the short side. Some of the tombs also have fluted pilasters at the corners. These tombs commemorate members of the Spode family who passed away between 1797 and 1827.
Local climate
Chest Tombs of Spode Family, St Peter's Churchyard Approximately 100 Metres South West of Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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