Chest Tomb, Immediately to South of the Legion Hall is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb, Immediately to South of the Legion Hall
- WRENN ID
- steep-courtyard-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb, Immediately to South of the Legion Hall, High Street, Marshfield, SN14 8LT
- OS grid reference
- ST 777 736
- Coordinates
- 51.4618, -2.32135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the late 18th century, is located immediately to the south of the Legion Hall on High Street in Marshfield. It is constructed from ashlar stone and features raised and fielded panelled sides, although the inscriptions are now illegible. The tomb is adorned with corner balusters and a cornice.
Local climate
Chest Tomb, Immediately to South of the Legion Hall 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 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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