Unidentified Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 14 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. A C18 Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 14 Metres North of the North Porch of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- solemn-pedestal-rain
- 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
- 51.55442, -2.57351
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb from the 18th century, located about 14 metres north of the north porch of the Church of St. Mary in Almondsbury. The tomb is made of limestone and features a flat sandstone top with a moulded edge. It has decorative carvings on the east and west sides, as well as pairs of circular inscription panels on the north and south sides, which are now illegible. The tomb also has decorative carvings in the spandrels and a moulded base.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 14 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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