Group of Two Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres North of Organ Chamber of Church of St Theobald and St Chad is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Group of Two Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres North of Organ Chamber of Church of St Theobald and St Chad
- WRENN ID
- upper-ember-root
- 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 348 951
- Coordinates
- 52.55296, -1.48714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of two chest tombs located approximately 5 meters north of the organ chamber of the Church of St. Theobald and St. Chad. Both tombs are made of sandstone and feature a slate inscription slab set into the top. They have a moulded plinth and top, with fielded panels, including two panels on the sides and one on the ends. The northernmost tomb is inscribed to Mrs. Martha Okeover, dated 1769, while the southern tomb is inscribed to Mrs. Catherine Okeover, dated 1773.
Local climate
Group of Two Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres North of Organ Chamber of Church of St Theobald and St Chad receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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