Chest Tomb Approximately 0.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 0.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- lone-chapel-sepia
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 256 325
- Coordinates
- 51.99054, -1.62834
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 0.5 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Lawrence, is dated 1706 and 1728. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and ledger. The sides and ends are adorned with Ionic-style pilasters and stylised foliage. The inscription on the south side reads: "Here lyeth Interred/The Body of M Edward/Lambert he Departed/This Life July ye ? 1706." The west side has a further inscription: "Also Here Lyeth/The Body of Elizabeth/The Wife of M. Edward/Lambert She Departed/This Life October ye 14/1728 aged 77."
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 0.5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Lawrence 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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