Hignell Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 9 Metres East of Chancel of St John is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1984. Chest tomb.
Hignell Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 9 Metres East of Chancel of St John
- WRENN ID
- tenth-brass-thistle
- 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 602 881
- Coordinates
- 51.59119, -2.57516
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hignell chest tomb, located in the churchyard about 9 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St. John, dates from the late 18th century and was created by Emett. This chest tomb is made of limestone and features a flat top with a moulded edge. It has plain quarter balusters and a moulded plinth. The tomb includes inscription panels on all sides, with an oval panel on the north side that displays rosettes in the spandrels and indented pilaster decoration. The inscriptions commemorate Benjamin Hignell, who passed away in 1790, along with other family members.
Local climate
Hignell Chest Tomb in the Churchyard About 9 Metres East of Chancel of St John 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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