Alden Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 12 Metres North of the North Porch 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.
Alden Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 12 Metres North of the North Porch of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- high-gateway-winter
- 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 603 841
- Coordinates
- 51.5544, -2.5735
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Alden chest tomb is located in the churchyard about 12 metres north of the north porch of the Church of St. Mary. This chest tomb dates from the early 19th century and is made of sandstone. It features a shallow hipped top with a moulded edge and plain quarter balusters. There are inscription panels on all sides, and a putto is depicted in the central spandrel on the south side. The tomb commemorates Samuel Alden, who died in 1815, along with other family members.
Local climate
Alden Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 12 Metres North of the North Porch 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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