2 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres West of Tower 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.
2 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- heavy-bailey-smoke
- 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 485 712
- Coordinates
- 52.33726, -1.28819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located approximately 3 meters west of the tower of the Church of St. Peter in Dunchurch. These tombs date from the late 18th century and are made of sandstone. Each tomb features a moulded plinth and top, along with square corner balusters. The tomb to the north has two fielded panels on each side, while the other tomb is dated 1779 and has one large and two small shallow fielded panels on each side. It includes an inscription to William Burke.
Local climate
2 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres West of Tower 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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