Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre West of Porch of Abbey Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1996. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre West of Porch of Abbey Church
- WRENN ID
- shifting-cobble-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1996
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 932 873
- Coordinates
- 51.58452, -2.09867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the late 18th century, is located approximately 1 metre west of the porch of the Abbey Church in Malmesbury. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features quarter balusters at the corners, along with a moulded plinth and top.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre West of Porch of Abbey Church receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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