Chest Tomb in St Helen's Churchyard 15 Metres South of Chancel to Isaac House 1794 is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.

Chest Tomb in St Helen's Churchyard 15 Metres South of Chancel to Isaac House 1794

WRENN ID
dusted-chapel-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Type
Chest tomb
OS grid reference
TL 176 140
Coordinates
51.8123, -0.29437
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located in St. Helen's churchyard, was erected in 1794 for Isaac House. It is made of stone and features square balusters at the corners and fielded panels. The tomb is situated 15 metres south of the chancel.

Local climate

Chest Tomb in St Helen's Churchyard 15 Metres South of Chancel to Isaac House 1794 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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