Six Matthews Etc Chest Tombs in South Corner of Churchyard, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Chest tombs. 1 related planning application.

Six Matthews Etc Chest Tombs in South Corner of Churchyard, Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
winding-steel-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swindon
Constituency
Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1986
Type
Chest tombs
Address
Six Matthews Etc Chest Tombs in South Corner of Churchyard, Church of St Mary, Church Lane, West Swindon, SN5 3PA
OS grid reference
SU 104 847
Coordinates
51.56155, -1.85133
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

In the south corner of the churchyard at the Church of St. Mary in Lydiard Park, there is a group of six chest tombs arranged in three rows.

In the east row, from north to south, the first tomb is for John Matthews, dated 1832, made of limestone with a hipped and moulded top and recessed corner balusters. The second tomb is similar, but the inscription is not clearly legible.

In the centre row, the first tomb is also made of limestone, featuring a moulded table and recessed corner balusters, with an inscription within a raised oval panel for John Matthews, 1802, and Catherine. The second tomb in this row is similar but has plain sides with light relief carving, commemorating William Matthews, 1774.

In the west row, the first tomb is for Jane Plummer, née Saunders, 1854, and Edward Plummer, memorialized in 1894, and is of the same form as the first tomb in the east row. The last tomb is for Stephen Matthews, 1845, and is also in the same style as the first tomb in the east row.

Local climate

Six Matthews Etc Chest Tombs in South Corner of Churchyard, Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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