Chest Tomb Adjacent to North East Corner of Old Stanmore Church is a Grade II listed building in the Harrow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 1983. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Adjacent to North East Corner of Old Stanmore Church
- WRENN ID
- peeling-postern-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harrow
- Constituency
- Harrow East MP: Bob Blackman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 May 1983
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 166 921
- Coordinates
- 51.61627, -0.31619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located adjacent to the northeast corner of Old Stanmore Church. It is constructed of ashlar and features paired fluted pilasters at the corners. The long sides of the tomb are adorned with garlands and cherubs surrounding oval panels. The inscription on the tomb has eroded over time.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Adjacent to North East Corner of Old Stanmore Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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