Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- iron-rood-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 209 434
- Coordinates
- 52.08913, -1.69559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 1.5 metres south of the tower of the Church of St. Mary, dates from 1722, 1762, 1840, 1846, and 1873. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and ledger, with baluster corners. On the west side, there is a carved panel that includes a cartouche and a putto head with wings.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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