Bale Tomb Close to South East Corner of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. Tomb.
Bale Tomb Close to South East Corner of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- drifting-iron-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Bale Tomb Close to South East Corner of Chancel, the Square, Blockley
- OS grid reference
- SP 164 349
- Coordinates
- 52.01242, -1.76127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bale Tomb, located near the southeast corner of the chancel, dates from the late 17th century. It features a gadrooned stone lid adorned with carved skull end pieces.
Local climate
Bale Tomb Close to South East Corner of Chancel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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