3 Chest Tombs 7 Metres West of the Tower of the Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1997. Tomb.
3 Chest Tombs 7 Metres West of the Tower of the Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- silent-hammer-ivy
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 198 645
- Coordinates
- 52.27887, -1.71102
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located 7 meters west of the tower of the Church of St Michael and All Angels in Claverdon. They commemorate members of the Middleton family: Thomas Middleton, who died in 1831, and his wife Ann, who died in 1809; William Middleton, who died in 1829; and Samuel Middleton, who died in 1873, along with his wife Ann, who died in 1868, and their son Edward, who died in 1834.
The tombs are made of sandstone ashlar. The tombs for Thomas Middleton and William Middleton are identical in size, measuring 2 meters long, 1 meter wide, and 1 meter high. They feature ovolo-chamfered plinths with inscribed panels on the sides and incised borders, with Thomas's tomb topped by a hipped slab.
The tomb for Samuel Middleton is designed in the Greek Revival style and has a stepped base, measuring approximately 1.5 meters high, 2 meters long, and 1 meter wide. It has a hollow chamfered plinth and a splayed chest with fluted angles, topped by a hipped slab with ovolo-moulded eaves.
All the listed items in the churchyard form a group with the Church of St Michael and All Angels.
Local climate
3 Chest Tombs 7 Metres West of the Tower of the Church of St Michael and All Angels 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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