Tombchest in Churchyard at All Saints Church (3 Metres to South of Vestry) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Tomb.
Tombchest in Churchyard at All Saints Church (3 Metres to South of Vestry)
- WRENN ID
- swift-basalt-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 334 218
- Coordinates
- 51.87944, -0.06258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century tombchest is located in the churchyard at All Saints Church, three meters south of the vestry. It is made of white limestone, featuring a grey stone top slab. The tombchest has a rectangular shape with a stepped, moulded base and moulded edges on the prominent top slab. Each side and end of the tombchest displays a rectangular fielded panel, which is accented by recessed moulded corners that are gadrooned.
Local climate
Tombchest in Churchyard at All Saints Church (3 Metres to South of Vestry) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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 0.3°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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