Chest Tomb, About 15 Yards North of North Aisle of Church of St Wendreda is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb, About 15 Yards North of North Aisle of Church of St Wendreda
- WRENN ID
- leaning-ashlar-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 415 952
- Coordinates
- 52.53651, 0.08493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 15 yards north of the north aisle of the Church of St Wendreda, dates from the late 18th to early 19th century. It is made of limestone and features a rectangular shape with a shaped top and plinth, as well as panelled sides. The tomb is adorned with fluted corner pilasters, although the lettering on it is indecipherable.
Local climate
Chest Tomb, About 15 Yards North of North Aisle of Church of St Wendreda sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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