Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- grey-corbel-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 922 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45762, -2.11253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the mid-18th century, is located approximately 10 meters south-west of the south door of the Church of St Andrew, positioned to the left of the footpath. It features a plinth and a cyma-moulded flat top, along with a cornice and entablature. The tomb is adorned with shields that have ogee bases, one on each end and two on the sides, which are articulated by pilasters with raised and fielded panels.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South West of South Porch 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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