Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres to North of Chancel of Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Slough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres to North of Chancel of Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- gentle-rood-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Slough
- Constituency
- Slough MP: Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 980 791
- Coordinates
- 51.50236, -0.58826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the early 18th century, is located approximately 3 metres north of the chancel of the Church of St Laurence. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a moulded base and top. Each side of the tomb has two fielded panels, and there is one panel at each end. The corners are adorned with pilasters that have raised lozenge decoration. Surrounding the tomb is a wrought iron railing with spearhead designs and moulded standards topped with urn finials.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres to North of Chancel of Church of St Laurence sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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