Chest Tomb Approximately 14 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1988. Chest tomb.

Chest Tomb Approximately 14 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St Nicholas

WRENN ID
narrow-jade-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hounslow
Constituency
Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 August 1988
Type
Chest tomb
Address
Chest Tomb Approximately 14 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St Nicholas, W4 2PH
OS grid reference
TQ 215 777
Coordinates
51.48593, -0.25098
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, dating from the mid-18th century, is located approximately 14 metres west of the west tower of the Church of St Nicholas. It is made of limestone and features a moulded plinth and a torus-moulded lip at the top. The tomb has fielded inscription panels that are flanked by rusticated quoining.

Local climate

Chest Tomb Approximately 14 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St Nicholas sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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