Two Chest Tombs, West of Pathway on North Side of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. Chest tomb.
Two Chest Tombs, West of Pathway on North Side of Church
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-ember-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1983
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Two Chest Tombs, West of Pathway on North Side of Church, Main Road, Elm
- OS grid reference
- TF 469 069
- Coordinates
- 52.64002, 0.17077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located west of the pathway on the north side of the church, dating from the late 18th century. Both tombs are made of limestone and feature a moulded edge at the top and base. They have fluted panels at the corners and oval tablets for inscriptions on the sides, decorated with a fan motif in the spandrels. One tomb displays a glory above a female figure representing Hope, who holds an anchor and has an urn that is partially draped. The other end of this tomb features a swagged and raised curtain above a female weeper. The second chest tomb is similar in design to the first.
Local climate
Two Chest Tombs, West of Pathway on North Side of Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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