Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres from South Wall of Nave of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1993. Monument.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres from South Wall of Nave of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-threshold-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1993
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 010 039
- Coordinates
- 51.73432, -1.98685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located approximately 3 meters from the south wall of the nave of the Church of St Peter in Cirencester. They date from the early, mid, and late 18th century and are made of limestone.
The first tomb features panelled ends and a heavy ledger dedicated to Henry Stevens, who died in 1743, and his wife Elizabeth Stevens. The second is a plain early 18th-century chest tomb with a heavy ledger. The third tomb has raised circular panels on the ends, torches on the sides, and a moulded ledger for Mary Blackwell, who died in 1785.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres from South Wall of Nave of Church of St Peter receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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