Beaven Chest Tomb in Railed Enclosure About 9 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Tomb.
Beaven Chest Tomb in Railed Enclosure About 9 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- crooked-hearth-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 902 637
- Coordinates
- 51.37266, -2.14107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beaven chest tomb, located in a railed enclosure about 9 metres north of the tower of the Church of St. Michael, is an early 19th-century structure. It is made of limestone and features cast iron spearhead railings on tall feet, designed in an 18th-century style. The tomb has a plinth and oval fielded panels on the main sides, adorned with cherubs and naturalistic carved floral panels on either side of the main panel. The corners are accented with quarter balusters, and there is a grooved frieze and cornice on the hipped top. The tomb commemorates Mary Beaven, who died in 1811.
Local climate
Beaven Chest Tomb in Railed Enclosure About 9 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Michael receives an average of 830 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 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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