Chest Tomb About 4 Yards North-West of the Nave of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 4 Yards North-West of the Nave of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- sheer-gargoyle-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 975 358
- Coordinates
- 52.0209, -2.03644
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 4 yards north-west of the nave of the Church of St John the Baptist, is probably from the mid-18th century and is made of ashlar stone. It features a moulded base and a flat capping, with corner rebates that include quadrant balusters supported by gadrooned bases and foliated capitals. The side panels are adorned with elaborately sculpted borders in high relief, featuring a cartouche on the south side and fruit and flower details on the north side. Each end of the tomb has panels with segmental heads, displaying an emblematic device in high relief on the east and a sunburst relief with putti heads on the west. The tomb commemorates Richard ?, who died in 1746.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 4 Yards North-West of the Nave of the Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% 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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