Chest Tomb to Sheldon Family Approximately 20 Metres South of East End of Nave of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to Sheldon Family Approximately 20 Metres South of East End of Nave of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- quartered-barrel-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 315 392
- Coordinates
- 52.05117, -1.54141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb belonging to the Sheldon family, located approximately 20 meters south of the east end of the nave of the Church of St. George. It is dated 1831, 1832, and 1835 and is made of ironstone. The tomb features plain, panelled sides and a chamfered ledger slab.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Sheldon Family Approximately 20 Metres South of East End of Nave of Church of St George receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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