Four Chest Tombs and Headstone Approximately 10 Metres West 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.
Four Chest Tombs and Headstone Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- quartered-plaster-laurel
- 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
- 51.88254, -2.05329
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Four chest tombs and a headstone are located approximately 10 meters west of the Church of St Mary in Charlton Kings. These include three late 17th century chest tombs, one of which is dedicated to Thomas Ashmond, who died in 1686. There is also a late 18th century tomb chest and an early 17th century headstone.
The tombs are made of limestone. Two of the tomb chests feature oval cartouches between projecting acanthus scrolls on the ends and embellished sides, with one displaying death-masks and the other adorned with scrolls. The slabs on top of these tombs are undercut. The tomb chest dedicated to Thomas Ashmond has inscription tablets on the sides bordered by scroll motifs and fluted, carved pilasters at the corners. It is topped with a thick slab that has cavetto-moulding on the underside.
The Neo-Classical tomb chest has a cavetto-moulded base and circular inscription panels on the east side, which are decorated with anthemions at the corners and feature a worn inscription. Its cornice and slab also have cavetto-moulded under-moulding. The headstone has a shaped recessed inscription tablet and an elliptically-arched head with a scroll motif.
Local climate
Four Chest Tombs and Headstone Approximately 10 Metres West 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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