Chest Tomb About 25 Yards South-South-West of the West Tower of the Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 25 Yards South-South-West of the West Tower of the Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- ruined-pilaster-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 829 625
- Coordinates
- 52.26067, -2.25149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the late 18th century, is located about 25 yards south-south-west of the west tower of the Church of St Martin. It is constructed of ashlar and features slate inscription panels. The tomb has a moulded base and cornice, a tall hipped ridged capping, and plain corner piers. There are rectangular inscription panels on the north and south sides; the south panel is now detached and illegible. The north panel commemorates Ann, Countess Dowager of Coventry, who died in the 17th century, and her first husband Gilbert, Earl of Coventry, who died in 1719. The south panel commemorates Edmund Pytts, the Countess's second husband.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 25 Yards South-South-West of the West Tower of the Church of St Martin receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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