Chest tomb approximately 15m south of porch of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Chest tomb.
Chest tomb approximately 15m south of porch of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- vacant-cellar-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Chest tomb approximately 15m south of porch of Church of St Lawrence, ST8 7RG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 889 589
- Coordinates
- 53.12799, -2.16605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 15 meters south of the porch of the Church of St Lawrence, dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is made of stone and features plain sides along with a heavily projecting cyma recta cornice that supports an inset top slab made of slate. The inscription on the tomb is now lost.
Local climate
Chest tomb approximately 15m south of porch of Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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