Pair of Chest Tombs 37 Metres West of Tower and 13 Metres Fron North Churchyard Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1994. Tomb.

Pair of Chest Tombs 37 Metres West of Tower and 13 Metres Fron North Churchyard Wall

WRENN ID
errant-arch-azure
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
OS grid reference
TL 536 386
Coordinates
52.02457, 0.23832
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of chest tombs, located 37 meters west of the tower of Saint Mary's Church and 13 meters from the north churchyard wall in Saffron Walden, dates from 1810 and 1801. They are made of Portland stone. The southern tomb is inscribed with the name Thomas Edwards and features fluted corner buttresses and elliptical raised panels on each face, along with a shaped lid. The northern tomb is inscribed with the names Thomas Archer (1820) and Ann Archer (1801) and has clasping corner buttresses with depressed lancets and a shaped lid.

Local climate

Pair of Chest Tombs 37 Metres West of Tower and 13 Metres Fron North Churchyard Wall 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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