Chest Tomb to South of South Aisle Centre Bay of St Marys and St Andrews Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to South of South Aisle Centre Bay of St Marys and St Andrews Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- quiet-pinnacle-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb to South of South Aisle Centre Bay of St Marys and St Andrews Parish Church, Church Lane, Whittlesford
- OS grid reference
- TL 473 485
- Coordinates
- 52.1158, 0.15093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, made of limestone, is located to the south of the south aisle's center bay of St Marys and St Andrews parish church in Whittlesford. It commemorates Richard Blow, who died in 1749, along with others. The tomb features shaped quoins, plain panels, and an inscription on the top slab.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to South of South Aisle Centre Bay of St Marys and St Andrews Parish Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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