Chest Tomb Approximatley 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary Magdalene 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 Approximatley 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- lunar-brick-lichen
- 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 113 705
- Coordinates
- 52.33257, -1.83465
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 2 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, is dedicated to John Horton of Elliotts Hall, who died in 1817. It is constructed of ashlar stone on a pinkish-brown brick plinth and is designed in a late Neo-Classical style. The tomb measures approximately 1.75 meters high, 1 meter wide, and 2 meters long. It features a stepped plinth and a moulded base. Each long side has a central oval inscription panel framed within a rectangular border, adorned with fluted decoration in the spandrels, flanked by shorter rectangular panels. The short sides also have rectangular panels. The tomb is topped with a gently hipped slab that has shaped sides. It is also dedicated to Mary, the widow of John Horton, who died in 1855, as well as to John Horton who died in 1876 and Elizabeth, his wife, who died in 1867, and to John Horton who died in 1900. All the listed buildings in the churchyard form a group.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximatley 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary Magdalene receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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