Pair of Chest Tombs 5 Metres South West of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1994. A Georgian Tomb.

Pair of Chest Tombs 5 Metres South West of Church

WRENN ID
sunken-truss-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1994
Type
Tomb
Period
Georgian
OS grid reference
TL 537 385
Coordinates
52.0245, 0.23921
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are two chest tombs located 5 meters south-west of the church in Saffron Walden's Saint Mary's churchyard. These tombs date from the early 19th century and rest on a common base. The southern tomb features an inscription on its south face that reads "Henry Archer 1822." It is made of Portland stone and has a plinth with clasping corner buttresses, each consisting of four clustered shafts. The lid is shaped, and both the east and west end faces have niches containing draped fluted urns. The northern tomb is similar in design but is made of oolitic stone and has a single urn on the east end. Its inscriptions are weathered, but the south face reads "Martin Catlin 1815."

Local climate

Pair of Chest Tombs 5 Metres South West of Church 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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