Tomb Chest Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel of Church of Saint Guthlac is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Tomb.
Tomb Chest Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel of Church of Saint Guthlac
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 213 385
- Coordinates
- 52.03223, -0.23218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tomb chest, located approximately 1 metre south of the chancel of the Church of Saint Guthlac, dates from 1713, as indicated by the inscription on top. The rest of the inscription and the accompanying coat of arms are not legible. The tomb chest is made of ashlar and is supported by a low red brick plinth. It stands about 1 metre high and features carved panel decorations on its sides and ends. Some of these panels include ribbons and swags, while others depict skulls and cross-bones. The central panel on the west end features a skull above a winged hourglass.
Local climate
Tomb Chest Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel of Church of Saint Guthlac sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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