Chest Tomb About 20 Yards North of North Aisle, at St Wendreda Church 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 20 Yards North of North Aisle, at St Wendreda Church
- WRENN ID
- watchful-copper-ebony
- 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
- 52.53657, 0.0852
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 20 yards north of the north aisle at St Wendreda Church, dates from the early 19th century and is made of limestone. It has a rectangular shape with a shaped top and base. The corners feature engaged urn balusters, and the sides are panelled with leaded inscriptions. The north side commemorates Simon Goodman of Elm, who died in 1825, while the south side is dedicated to his wife Ann, who died in 1846.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 20 Yards North of North Aisle, at St Wendreda Church 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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