Group of 3 Chest Tombs Including Jacob Hayward in Churchyard 6 Metres South West of South Porch Door Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Tomb group.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Including Jacob Hayward in Churchyard 6 Metres South West of South Porch Door Church of St Mary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Tomb group
- OS grid reference
- SU 103 847
- Coordinates
- 51.56163, -1.85154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located in the churchyard, six meters southwest of the south porch door of the Church of St. Mary in Lydiard Park. The tombs are arranged in two rows and made of limestone. They feature moulded tables with reeded fascias, recessed corner balusters, and lightly incised decorations surrounding the inscriptions.
In the east row, from north to south, the first tomb has illegible inscriptions in two oval panels with drapery above. The second tomb is for Rebecca (surname illegible), who died in 1799, and also has two oval panels. In the west row, the tomb of Jacob Hayward, who died in 1801, is next to that of Jane, who died in 1828.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Including Jacob Hayward in Churchyard 6 Metres South West of South Porch Door 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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