Harris Chest Tomb, 12 Yards South West of Tower of St Leonard's Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1984. Tomb.
Harris Chest Tomb, 12 Yards South West of Tower of St Leonard's Church
- WRENN ID
- endless-gravel-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 704 933
- Coordinates
- 51.63795, -2.42902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harris Chest Tomb, located 12 yards southwest of the Tower of St. Leonard's Church, is a chest tomb dating from 1687, commemorating William Harris. It is made of limestone ashlar and features illegible sunken square inscribed panels, along with a moulded plinth and cornice. This chest tomb is part of a significant collection of local and classical tomb forms, enhancing the setting of the church.
Local climate
Harris Chest Tomb, 12 Yards South West of Tower of St Leonard's Church receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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