Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1997. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- sheer-stone-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1997
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 256 570
- Coordinates
- 52.21067, -1.6258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 8 meters southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Peter, dates from the late 18th century and is constructed of ashlar. It features a chest on a moulded plinth with inset angle balusters, one of which is damaged. Each side has two fielded panels, and there is one fielded panel at each end. The top slab has a moulded edge. The inscriptions on the tomb are worn and obscured by ivy.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South East of the Chancel of the 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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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