Chest Tomb 1 Yard North of North Wall of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 1 Yard North of North Wall of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- idle-steel-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 074 477
- Coordinates
- 51.21923, -0.46296
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located 1 yard north of the north wall of the Church of St James in Shere. It is made of stone and sits on a plinth with a moulded base. The sides feature raised panels, and it is topped with a darker flat stone lid that has a moulded edge. The corners are adorned with gadrooned angle piers. Although the inscription is illegible, a crest is visible on the lid. The tomb is surrounded by a railing with spear standards, which have urn finials at the angles and the center of the north and south sides. This tomb is included for its group value.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 1 Yard North of North Wall of Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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