Group of 2 Chest Tombs Approximately 4 Metres South of East End of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Tombs.
Group of 2 Chest Tombs Approximately 4 Metres South of East End of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- eternal-string-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- Tombs
- OS grid reference
- SP 531 763
- Coordinates
- 52.38302, -1.22061
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description refers to a group of two chest tombs located approximately 4 meters south of the east end of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Clifton upon Dunsmore. The tombs are dated 1717 and 1754. One of the tombs is made of sandstone and features plain panels, while the other is constructed from slate with a sandstone top and has reeded pilasters at the corners.
Local climate
Group of 2 Chest Tombs Approximately 4 Metres South of East End of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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