Chest Tomb Approximately 0.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. A C17 Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 0.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- bitter-buttress-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 409 757
- Coordinates
- 52.37829, -1.39953
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the mid to late 17th century, is located approximately 0.5 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Margaret on Wolston Main Street. It is made of carved and moulded sandstone, featuring a moulded plinth and top. The tomb has angular corner balusters, and the south side displays incised panels along with the remains of carved heads.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 0.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% 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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