Walter Higgs Tomb Chest 1 Metre East of South Transept of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Tomb.
Walter Higgs Tomb Chest 1 Metre East of South Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- worn-cellar-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 964 204
- Coordinates
- 51.88245, -2.05278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Walter Higgs tomb chest, located 1 metre east of the south transept of the Church of St Mary in Charlton Kings, dates from around 1700. It commemorates Walter Higgs, who died in 1698, and his daughter Anne, who passed away in 1684. The tomb chest is made of ashlar and features a slate inscription panel on the south side, along with iron cresting. The ends of the chest have scrolled acanthus consoles that create a lyre shape, with a scallop shell motif positioned between them. Carved swags with foliage flank the panel, and there is a fielded oval on the north side. The cast-iron cresting is found on the capping. Walter Higgs served as a commissioned officer under King Charles I.
Local climate
Walter Higgs Tomb Chest 1 Metre East of South Transept of Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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