Tomb Chest and Headstone Approximately 1 Metre to South of South West Corner of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1998. Tomb.
Tomb Chest and Headstone Approximately 1 Metre to South of South West Corner of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- fallen-chapel-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1998
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 948 225
- Coordinates
- 51.90133, -2.07679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a late 17th century tomb chest and headstone located approximately 1 meter south of the southwest corner of the Church of St Mary in Cheltenham. The tomb chest is rectangular in shape, featuring heavy capping and scrolled ends, along with a cartouche on the west end and eroded inscription panels. The headstone has scalloped edges and commemorates Robert Eckly, who died in 1624.
Local climate
Tomb Chest and Headstone Approximately 1 Metre to South of South West Corner 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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