Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- peeling-basalt-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1983
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 552 708
- Coordinates
- 51.43423, -1.20623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 15 meters to the northwest of the tower of the Church of St. Mary in Bucklebury, dates from the early 18th century. It features a moulded base and top, shaped corner balusters, and panelled sides. The inscription on the tomb was illegible at the time of the last survey.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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