Chest Tomb Approximately 50 Metres to South East of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 50 Metres to South East of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- white-vestry-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 922 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45747, -2.11238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located approximately 50 meters southeast of the Church of St Andrew in Chippenham. It features a sunken plinth and a flat top with a cyma-moulded design. The tomb is adorned with a cornice and entablature, as well as roll-edge moulding on the ogee-based panels, with one panel on each end and two on the sides.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 50 Metres to South East of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 820 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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- 4 Chest Tomb 5 Yards South East of Porch of St Andrew's Church
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