Two Chest Tombs, 25 Yards East of St Wendreda's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Chest tombs.
Two Chest Tombs, 25 Yards East of St Wendreda's Church
- WRENN ID
- woven-bronze-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- TL 415 952
- Coordinates
- 52.53645, 0.08549
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located 25 yards east of St Wendreda's Church, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. Both tombs are made of limestone and are rectangular in shape. Each tomb sits on a base and plinth and features two raised and fielded panels on each side, along with engaged corner balusters. One end of the first tomb has a low relief carving of an urn adorned with drapery and flowers, while the opposite end displays a cherub depicted as a winged soul within a cartouche decorated with C and S scrolls. The inscription on the top of this tomb is indecipherable. The second chest tomb is of a similar date and design, likely belonging to another member of the same family.
Local climate
Two Chest Tombs, 25 Yards East of St Wendreda's 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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