Group of Three Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. Monument.
Group of Three Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-quartz-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol North West MP: Darren Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 December 1994
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- ST 563 787
- Coordinates
- 51.50623, -2.63037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs from the 18th century, located approximately 10 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St Mary in Henbury, Bristol. The tombs are made of limestone ashlar with Pennant stone tops. One tomb is dated 1728 and features carved corners and rocaille panels. Another tomb is inscribed to Edward Stoakes, who died in 1783, while the third tomb is plain with raised corners.
Local climate
Group of Three Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Mary receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- 2 Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Mary
- 3 Group of 3 Monuments in Churchyard, Immediately Adjacent to South Aisle, Church of St Mary
- 4 Group of Three Chests Tombs 4 Metres South of South Porch of Church of the Holy Trinity
- 5 Four Tombs Approximately 5 Metres to South and South East of Parish Church of St Mary
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