Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres South of Chancel of the Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1997. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres South of Chancel of the Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-plinth-magpie
- 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 113 705
- Coordinates
- 52.3325, -1.83453
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb, located approximately 12 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, commemorates Elizabeth, the wife of Richard Field of Blackford, who died in 1819. The tomb features a signed inscription on the lower part of the north face, which reads '..... INKBERROW, DELN. ET SC...'. It is constructed from ashlar and rests on a pinkish-brown brick plinth, showcasing a late Neo-Classical style. The tomb measures approximately 2 meters high, 1.75 meters long, and 1 meter wide.
It has a plinth with a stepped base and a rectangular chest adorned with quarter-balusters at the indented angles. Each long side of the chest includes an oval inscription panel framed in a square with fluted decoration. The design is completed with a cavetto-moulded cornice and a shallow pyramidal surmounting slab. The west face bears a badly worn inscription with remnants of delicately carved decoration. The south face is inscribed with the words: 'SACRED / to the Memory of Eliz Wife of / Richd Field late of Black-Ford / who died Novr 9th 1819. Aged 61 Years'. All the listed items in the churchyard are part of a group.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres South of Chancel of the Church of St Mary Magdalene 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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