Chest Tombs of Smith Family, St Peter's Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres South of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1993. Tomb.
Chest Tombs of Smith Family, St Peter's Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres South of Church
- WRENN ID
- ancient-transept-lake
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 879 451
- Coordinates
- 53.00395, -2.1814
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tombs of the Smith family are located in St Peter's Churchyard, approximately 5 meters south of the church. These tombs date from 1798 to 1866 and are made of stone. They commemorate members of the Smith family from Penkhull. Each tomb is raised on a now broken plinth and features angle pilasters resembling balusters, along with inscribed panels that have moulded frames.
Local climate
Chest Tombs of Smith Family, St Peter's Churchyard, Approximately 5 Metres South 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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- 3 Tomb in Churchyard in Angle Between Tower and South Aisle
- 4 Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 50 Yards North East of Church of All Saints
- 5 Smith Monument 30 Yards West of Church of St Helen
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