Chest Tomb 21 Metres South of Porch 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. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 21 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- spare-storey-pearl
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 340 850
- Coordinates
- 52.46221, -1.50032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the late 17th century, is located approximately 21 meters south of the porch of the Church of St. Giles in Exhall. It is made of sandstone and features a moulded plinth and an elaborately moulded cornice. The corners of the tomb are adorned with Tuscan antae, while the south side has pilasters that frame a wide central section. The narrow flanking sections each contain two ornamental panels with circles and bars. The central pitched section of the top is decorated with a pediment that has a skull and crossbones carved on the north side and a dove on the south side. The ends of the tomb have single panels featuring a large oval with bars and four small circles.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 21 Metres South of Porch 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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