St Ethelreda's Churchyard:Chest Tomb to James Wilson 40 Metres South of West Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Tomb.
St Ethelreda's Churchyard:Chest Tomb to James Wilson 40 Metres South of West Tower
- WRENN ID
- riven-transept-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 234 084
- Coordinates
- 51.76112, -0.21237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located in St Ethelreda's Churchyard, dating from 1703. It is made of Portland stone and features two fielded panels on each side, which are separated by pilasters adorned with carved fruit ornamentation. The tomb has a moulded plinth and an armorial carving on the flat top. It is situated 40 metres south of the west tower of the church.
Local climate
St Ethelreda's Churchyard:Chest Tomb to James Wilson 40 Metres South of West Tower 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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