Bell or Charles Chest Tomb in Lansdown Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Chest tomb.
Bell or Charles Chest Tomb in Lansdown Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- bitter-dormer-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 2010
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Bell or Charles Chest Tomb in Lansdown Cemetery, Lansdown Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 738 674
- Coordinates
- 51.40587, -2.37765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell or Charles chest tomb in Lansdown Cemetery is a chest tomb dating from around 1865, constructed from limestone and designed in the Gothic Revival style. It features a low profile on a moulded base, with the sides panelled with cusped quatrefoils. The tomb has a stepped lid that includes an inlaid copper inscription dedicated to Marian Charles.
Local climate
Bell or Charles Chest Tomb in Lansdown Cemetery receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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