Chest Tomb in St Helen's Churchyard 5 Metres South East of Chancel to the Lattimore Family is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Chest Tomb in St Helen's Churchyard 5 Metres South East of Chancel to the Lattimore Family
- WRENN ID
- ghost-gutter-river
- 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
- 51.81239, -0.29433
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located in St. Helen's churchyard, was erected in 1834 for the Lattimore family and is situated 5 metres southeast of the chancel. The tomb features panelled angle piers and inscription panels that have circles inset at the corners. It has a segmental top.
Local climate
Chest Tomb in St Helen's Churchyard 5 Metres South East of Chancel to the Lattimore Family 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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- No sale records on file
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