Chest tomb to John Baxter in the churchyard to south-east of St Peter and Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. A C18 Chest tomb.
Chest tomb to John Baxter in the churchyard to south-east of St Peter and Paul
- WRENN ID
- floating-ledge-ochre
- 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
- Chest tomb to John Baxter in the churchyard to south-east of St Peter and Paul, Wisbech
- OS grid reference
- TF 463 095
- Coordinates
- 52.66392, 0.16244
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb to John Baxter is located in the churchyard southeast of St Peter and Paul. It is inscribed with "JOHN BAXTER / FOUNDER OF / 'BAXTER CHARITY' / 1798." The tomb is made of limestone and features a plinth with scalloped bases to the pilasters.
Local climate
Chest tomb to John Baxter in the churchyard to south-east of St Peter and 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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