Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South 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. A Regency Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- hollow-stone-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Regency
- OS grid reference
- SJ 934 620
- Coordinates
- 53.15559, -2.09934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 15 meters south of the Church of St Lawrence, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of stone and features a quadrant shape with fluted pilasters at the corners. The side panels are incised and have quadrant corners, while the top slab is designed with reeded edges. At the time of the last survey in September 1984, the tomb was obscured by undergrowth.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Lawrence sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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