Chest Tomb to Philpots Family, 37 Yards South of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Chest Tomb to Philpots Family, 37 Yards South of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- mired-step-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SO 720 516
- Coordinates
- 52.16201, -2.4094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 37 yards south of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, dates from the first quarter of the 19th century and is dedicated to the Philpots family. It is constructed from ashlar and features a moulded plinth and capping. The tomb has fluted corner balusters adorned with raised oval rosettes. The shaped inscription panels include corner rosettes, foliage upper borders, and pendant husk trails along the side borders. The inscriptions are in raised lettering, commemorating Thomas Philpots, who died in 1805, on the south side, and his wife Anne, who died in 1811, on the north side.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Philpots Family, 37 Yards South of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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- 1 Group of 4 Tombchests of Philp and Brown Families 11 to 12.5 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St Endelienta
- 2 Four Monuments to Phillips Family in the Churchyard South of Tower of Church of St Thomas
- 3 Mary Philpotts Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South of Chancel Arch of Church of St Deinst
- 4 Unidentified Tomb, in Churchyard 4 Metres North of North West Corner, Church of St Philip and St James
- 5 Unidentified Tomb, in Churchyard Centre of Group of Three, 30 Metres East of East End, Church of St Philip and St James
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