Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of Porch of Church of St Wilfred 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 1 Metre East of Porch of Church of St Wilfred
- WRENN ID
- scarred-glass-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- Nuneaton MP: Jodie Gosling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 283 906
- Coordinates
- 52.51269, -1.5841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1805, is located approximately 1 metre east of the porch of the Church of St. Wilfrid in Old Arley. It is made of sandstone and features a moulded plinth and top, with fluted canted corners. The tomb is decorated with oval and circular panels that include vine leaves and festoons. There is an inscription dedicated to Mary Barber.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of Porch of Church of St Wilfred receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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