Jones Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary of Malmesbury is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1984. Chest tomb.
Jones Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary of Malmesbury
- WRENN ID
- outer-zinc-river
- 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 600 902
- Coordinates
- 51.60939, -2.57823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jones chest tomb is located in the churchyard about 2 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of St. Mary of Malmesbury. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of limestone, featuring a sandstone inscription panel on the south side. The panel includes a putto and an hourglass in the spandrels. The tomb has a flat top with a moulded edge, plain quarter balusters, and a plinth. It commemorates Ann Jones, who died in 1813, along with other family members.
Local climate
Jones Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 2 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Mary of Malmesbury 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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