6 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres South of the South Aisle 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. Chest tombs.
6 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres South of the South Aisle of the Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- turning-column-gilt
- 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 tombs
- OS grid reference
- SP 198 645
- Coordinates
- 52.27887, -1.71095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are six chest tombs located approximately 3 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St Michael and All Angels. These tombs date from the 17th century, 18th century, and early 19th century, and are made of sandstone ashlar.
Chest A measures approximately 1.25 meters long, 0.75 meters wide, and 0.5 meters high, featuring plain sides and a chamfered surmounting slab. Chest B is about 1.25 meters long, 1 meter high, and 0.5 meters wide, with a chamfered plinth, eroded inscription panels on the sides, and a hipped slab on top. Chest C is approximately 2 meters long, 0.5 meters high, and 1 meter wide, designed as a low rectangular chest with a chamfered slab on top. Chest D also measures 2 meters long, 0.5 meters high, and 1 meter wide, featuring a low rectangular design with a slab that has an incised border and eroded inscription.
Chest E is situated on a plinth dedicated to Elizabeth Wilcox, who died in 1809, along with her husband Matthew and daughter Christian, who died in 1837. The plinth is approximately 3 meters square and supports a chest that is about 1.5 meters high, 2 meters long, and 1 meter wide, with two fielded inscription panels on each side and bulbous balusters recessed at the corners, topped with a double-chamfered slab. Chest F measures approximately 2 meters long, 0.5 meters high, and 1 meter wide, featuring a chamfered plinth and a rectangular chest topped with an eroded chamfered slab that has an incised border.
All of these tombs are part of a group with the Church of St Michael and All Angels.
Local climate
6 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres South of the South Aisle 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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