Two Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre and 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Thomas Beckett is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. A C17 Monument.
Two Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre and 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Thomas Beckett
- WRENN ID
- iron-storey-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 299 374
- Coordinates
- 52.03441, -1.56541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located approximately 1 metre and 4 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St. Thomas Beckett. The tombs date from the 17th century and 1732. The 17th-century chest tomb is plain, featuring a heavy chamfered ledger. The chest tomb dated 1732 has a moulded plinth and ledger, along with baluster corners. Both tombs are made of limestone.
Local climate
Two Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre and 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Thomas Beckett 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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