Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South East of South Door 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. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South East of South Door of Church of St Margaret
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- 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
- 52.3782, -1.39984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 6 meters southeast of the south door of the Church of St. Margaret, dates from 1815, 1826, and 1845. It is made of moulded sandstone and features a moulded plinth and top. The sides have moulded and incised panels, while the ends are panelled. The tomb includes inscriptions dedicated to the Herne family.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South East of South Door 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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