Chest Tomb About 12 Yards South-East of the Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb About 12 Yards South-East of the Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- stark-parapet-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 787 601
- Coordinates
- 52.23909, -2.31259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 12 yards south-east of the Church of St Lawrence, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of ashlar stone and features a moulded plinth and capping. The tomb has fluted corner balusters adorned with an acanthus frieze on their bases. The shaped inscription panels are decorated with corner rosettes and pendant husk trails along the side borders. The north inscription panel commemorates James ?, who died in 1805, and Sarah Evans, who died in 1803. The other inscription panels are illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 12 Yards South-East of the Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% 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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