Chest Tomb Commemorating Thomas Jeffries (Died 1809) and 3 Chest Tombs Commemorating the Jeffries (2 Late Eighteenth Century, One Early-Mid Nineteenth Century) Grouped Approximately 25 Yards to South of the South Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1981. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Commemorating Thomas Jeffries (Died 1809) and 3 Chest Tombs Commemorating the Jeffries (2 Late Eighteenth Century, One Early-Mid Nineteenth Century) Grouped Approximately 25 Yards to South of the South Chapel
- WRENN ID
- crooked-passage-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1981
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 688 752
- Coordinates
- 51.4751, -2.44973
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of four chest tombs located approximately 25 yards south of the South Chapel. The tombs commemorate Thomas Jeffries, who died in 1809, and members of the Jeffries family. Two of the chest tombs date from the late 18th century, while one is from the early to mid-19th century. The tomb for Thomas Jeffries features tapering sides and is topped with an urn. The other 19th-century Jeffries tomb is distinguished by diagonal scroll brackets at the corners and also has a large urn on top.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Commemorating Thomas Jeffries (Died 1809) and 3 Chest Tombs Commemorating the Jeffries (2 Late Eighteenth Century, One Early-Mid Nineteenth Century) Grouped Approximately 25 Yards to South of the South Chapel receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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