Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Nuneaton and Bedworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1988. Chest tomb.

Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Giles

WRENN ID
outer-corbel-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Constituency
North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 February 1988
Type
Chest tomb
OS grid reference
SP 340 850
Coordinates
52.46255, -1.50057
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, dating from the late 17th century, is located approximately 8 meters northwest of the tower of the Church of St. Giles in Exhall. It is made of sandstone and features a moulded cornice. The central pitched section of the top has a pediment carved with a skull and crossbones on the north side and an indistinct carving on the south side. The ends of the tomb have fielded panels. On the west side, there is an inscription in 19th-century script that reads "Matthew Neale 1730," which is likely a replacement for an earlier inscription that was made after the monument was originally created.

Local climate

Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Giles receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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