Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres West of Porch of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres West of Porch of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- gilded-wall-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 489 575
- Coordinates
- 52.21437, -1.28543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 2 meters west of the porch of the Church of St. Leonard, dates from 1773. It is made of carved and moulded ironstone, featuring a moulded plinth and top. The long sides of the tomb have two fielded panels each, while the short sides have one panel. The tomb bears inscriptions for Mary Johnson and Thomas Johnson, dated 1801 among others.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres West of Porch of Church of St Leonard receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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