Bolton Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1984. Chest tomb.
Bolton Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- vacant-dormer-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 603 840
- Coordinates
- 51.55421, -2.57304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bolton chest tomb, located in the churchyard about 9 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary, is an early 19th-century sandstone structure. It features a flat top with a moulded edge and has reeded, engaged columns at each corner, which have plain bases and capitals. The tomb includes inscription panels on the north and south sides, set within eight-sided moulded cartouches adorned with carved foliage and rosettes. It commemorates Henry Bolton, who died in 1807, along with other family members.
Local climate
Bolton Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 9 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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