3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres South of South Wall of South Chancel at All Saints Church is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1993. Monument.
3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres South of South Wall of South Chancel at All Saints Church
- WRENN ID
- knotted-brass-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1993
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SZ 527 818
- Coordinates
- 50.63357, -1.25566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are three chest tombs located approximately 6 meters south of the south wall of the south chancel at All Saints Church in Godshill.
The northernmost tomb is a late 17th century type, featuring a recessed center and a separate top slab with a moulded cornice. The easternmost tomb is dedicated to the Legg Family and is an early 17th century type, made of stone with two recessed panels on each side and a moulded top slab. It also has an inscription on the north side. The westernmost tomb commemorates Richard Legge and dates to around 1641. This stone chest has two moulded panels on the sides and a separate top slab with an inscription on a copper plate.
Local climate
3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres South of South Wall of South Chancel at All Saints Church receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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