Parker Chest Tomb 2 Yards West of Tower of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Tomb.
Parker Chest Tomb 2 Yards West of Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- veiled-ember-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 897 507
- Coordinates
- 51.2492, -0.71575
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parker Chest Tomb, located 2 yards west of the tower of the Church of St Peter, is a chest tomb dedicated to Elizabeth Parker, who died in 1797. It features a stepped brick plinth with a moulded stone base that supports the bottom of the tomb. The sides of the tomb are panelled and decorated, topped with a flat, inscribed lid that has a moulded edge. The corners of the tomb are accentuated by recessed, fluted angle piers set on moulded plinths.
Local climate
Parker Chest Tomb 2 Yards West of Tower of Church of St Peter receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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