Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of South Aisle of Church of St Edmund is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of South Aisle of Church of St Edmund
- WRENN ID
- broken-cobalt-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 259 406
- Coordinates
- 52.06345, -1.623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1748, is located approximately 1 meter east of the south aisle of the Church of St. Edmund in Shipston on Stour. It is made of limestone and features a heavily moulded base and ledger with baluster corners. The tomb is surrounded by railings, and there is a cartouche on the east side inscribed with 'G.M./1748'.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of South Aisle of Church of St Edmund 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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