Chest Tomb, 4 Metres East of Chancel of the Parish Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1988. Tomb.

Chest Tomb, 4 Metres East of Chancel of the Parish Church of St Giles

WRENN ID
tangled-timber-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1988
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
TL 189 879
Coordinates
52.4767, -0.25002
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located 4 metres east of the chancel of the Parish Church of St Giles. It is made of limestone and features moulded coping and a plinth. The tomb has inscribed panels, although the inscriptions are unclear, and it is adorned with shaped corner pilasters.

Local climate

Chest Tomb, 4 Metres East of Chancel of the Parish Church of St Giles 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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