Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres North of Nave of Church of Our Lady is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres North of Nave of Church of Our Lady
- WRENN ID
- rooted-steeple-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 290 977
- Coordinates
- 52.57672, -1.57289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 5 meters north of the nave of the Church of Our Lady, dates back to 1765. It is made of sandstone and features a slate inscription slab. The tomb has a moulded plinth and top, with two fielded panels on the sides and one on the ends. The slab on top includes inscriptions dedicated to Thomas Austin and Elizabeth Austin, with a date of 1754 among other details.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres North of Nave of Church of Our Lady receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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