Chest Tomb About 10 Yards West of the Sandys Mausoleum is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 10 Yards West of the Sandys Mausoleum
- WRENN ID
- patient-string-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 844 634
- Coordinates
- 52.26924, -2.22999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the early 19th century, is located about 10 yards west of the Sandys Mausoleum on the west side of Worcester Road in Ombersley. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a Greek Revival style. The tomb has a panelled moulding at the base, a moulded capping, corner pilasters, and shaped, fielded inscription panels. The inscriptions on the panels are currently illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 10 Yards West of the Sandys Mausoleum 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 68% 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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