Chest Tomb is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb
- WRENN ID
- floating-chalk-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb, Church Lane, Seend
- OS grid reference
- ST 944 609
- Coordinates
- 51.34738, -2.08148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1800, is located in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Cross, positioned in the angle south of the chancel. It features two fielded framed plaques on each side, with paired husk drops at the center and a husk drop on the outer piers. The tomb has a moulded base and cornice, along with a fluted frieze that is broken forward over the plaques. The inscription commemorates Daniel Barns.
Local climate
Chest Tomb receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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- 4 Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 12 Metres South of Porch, Church of St John the Baptist
- 5 Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard 6 Metres West of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul
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Nearby listed buildings
- Church of the Holy Cross
- Five Monuments in Churchyard South and South East of Chancel of the Church of the Holy
- Seven Monuments in Churchyard South of South Aisle of Church of the Holy Cross
- Two Monuments in Churchyard North East of Porch of Church of the Holy Cross
- Group of 3 Monuments in Churchyard North West of Porch of Church of the Holy Cross
- Kemp Monument South East of Gateway to Churchyard of Church of the Holy Cross
- Seend War Memorial
- Churchyard Gate Piers and Gates
- Seend House
- Wall Along West Side, from Churchyard Gate to High Street Corner