Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres North of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres North of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- still-postern-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 436 796
- Coordinates
- 52.41308, -1.35925
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 7 meters north of the tower of the Church of St. John the Baptist, dates from 1804 and later. It is made of sandstone and features a slate top. The sides and ends of the tomb are panelled, with baluster decorations at the corners. Original iron railings surround the tomb.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres North of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist 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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