Chest Tomb, 8 Metres South of Chancel of the Parish Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb, 8 Metres South of Chancel of the Parish Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- hollow-garret-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 201 946
- Coordinates
- 52.53621, -0.22969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb, located 8 metres south of the chancel of the Parish Church of St Mary, dates from the 18th century and is made of limestone. It features panelled sides adorned with fluted pilasters, and has moulded edges on both the cover and the plinth. The tomb bears an inscription dedicated to Ann Jennings, dated 1784. This chest tomb is a representative example of other 18th and early 19th century memorials found in the churchyard.
Local climate
Chest Tomb, 8 Metres South of Chancel of the Parish Church of St Mary 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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