Adams Chest Tomb, Approximately 7 Metres North of the Middle of North Aisle of Church St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1989. Tomb.
Adams Chest Tomb, Approximately 7 Metres North of the Middle of North Aisle of Church St Michael
- WRENN ID
- waiting-arch-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 901 797
- Coordinates
- 51.50928, -0.70214
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Adams chest tomb, located approximately 7 metres north of the middle of the north aisle of Church St Michael, is an 18th-century memorial to the Adams family. It is made of stone and features a plain base that was formerly surrounded by a railing. The tomb has two plain steps leading up to a moulded plinth, with inset corner balusters and moulded inscription panels on the sides and ends. At the top, there is a moulded cornice and a flat surface. The inscription commemorates Edward Adams, who died in 1751, along with other family members.
Local climate
Adams Chest Tomb, Approximately 7 Metres North of the Middle of North Aisle of Church St Michael 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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