Chest Tomb to Elizabeth Stevens in the Churchyard to South West of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to Elizabeth Stevens in the Churchyard to South West of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-chancel-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb to Elizabeth Stevens in the Churchyard to South West of St Peter and St Paul, Wisbech
- OS grid reference
- TF 462 095
- Coordinates
- 52.66382, 0.16154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb is dedicated to Elizabeth Stevens and is located in the churchyard to the south-west of St Peter and St Paul. It dates from 1837 and is made of limestone. The tomb is raised on a stepped plinth and features ball and chain feet. The corners are shaped like pyramids and are decorated with stiff foliage.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Elizabeth Stevens in the Churchyard to South West of St Peter and St Paul sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- Boundary Wall to Vicarage and Sunday School
- The Museum
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- 2, Museum Square
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