Chest Tomb in St Helen's Churchyard 30 Metres West of West End to Reverend Pretyman is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Chest Tomb in St Helen's Churchyard 30 Metres West of West End to Reverend Pretyman
- WRENN ID
- cold-ledge-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 176 140
- Coordinates
- 51.81243, -0.29531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb is located in St Helen's churchyard, 30 metres west of the west end, and commemorates Reverend Pretyman, who died in 1859. It is constructed from Purbeck marble, limestone, and sandstone, showcasing a good example of the Decorated style. The sides feature Purbeck shafts that separate the inscription panels, and there is a ballflower decoration surrounding them. A quatrefoil frieze runs along the plinth, and a foliate cross is depicted on the cambered top panel.
Local climate
Chest Tomb in St Helen's Churchyard 30 Metres West of West End to Reverend Pretyman sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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