Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre North of North Aisle of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre North of North Aisle of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- dusk-rampart-solstice
- 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 486 712
- Coordinates
- 52.33746, -1.28773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from 1737, is located approximately 1 metre north of the north aisle of the Church of St. Peter in Dunchurch. It is made of moulded sandstone and features a splayed top and base, with plain sides. The tomb bears inscriptions related to the Davies family.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre North of North Aisle of Church of St Peter receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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