Group of Seven Chest Tombs Approximately Seven Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1996. Tomb.
Group of Seven Chest Tombs Approximately Seven Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- low-gutter-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 July 1996
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TM 463 568
- Coordinates
- 52.15492, 1.60023
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of seven chest tombs is located approximately seven meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Aldeburgh. These tombs date from the early 19th century and are constructed of brick, with some featuring stone facings. The unfaced tombs are simple in design and topped with stone slabs, while the ashlar-faced monuments have baluster corners that vary in design.
Local climate
Group of Seven Chest Tombs Approximately Seven Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St Paul 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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