Group of 10 Chest Tombs Members of the Leigh Family at St Swithins Old Church is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. Tomb.
Group of 10 Chest Tombs Members of the Leigh Family at St Swithins Old Church
- WRENN ID
- pitched-string-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Group of 10 Chest Tombs Members of the Leigh Family at St Swithins Old Church, Yarmouth
- OS grid reference
- SZ 367 891
- Coordinates
- 50.70085, -1.48158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group consists of 10 chest tombs belonging to members of the Leigh family, located at St Swithin's Old Church. They date from the late 18th century to the early 19th century and are almost identical in design. Each tomb is made of stone and features moulded plinths and top slabs. The tombs have recessed reeded corner pilasters and inscription panels. The four tombs on the eastern side have a reeded pattern in the oval designs, while the remaining tombs display plain curved incised patterns.
Local climate
Group of 10 Chest Tombs Members of the Leigh Family at St Swithins Old Church receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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