Chest Tomb 4 Yards North of North Chapel of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 4 Yards North of North Chapel of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- rusted-minaret-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 972 535
- Coordinates
- 51.27316, -0.60657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 4 yards north of the North Chapel of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, dates from the mid-18th century. It is made of stone and features panelled sides, with a darker grey stone lid that has a moulded edge. The tomb has recessed, fluted angle piers and roundels at the ends. It was noted to be broken at the time of resurvey and is included in the listing for its group value only.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 4 Yards North of North Chapel of Church of St Mary the Virgin 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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