Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- third-string-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 423 701
- Coordinates
- 52.32782, -1.37963
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from 1824, is located approximately 5 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Nicholas. It is constructed from moulded limestone with sandstone panels. The tomb features a moulded plinth and top, along with fielded panels and fielded panelled corners. There is an inscription dedicated to Thomas Chater.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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