Pair of Bale Tombs Immediately North West of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1983. Tomb.
Pair of Bale Tombs Immediately North West of Church
- WRENN ID
- under-kitchen-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Pair of Bale Tombs Immediately North West of Church, Church Street, Stow-On-The-Wold
- OS grid reference
- SP 190 257
- Coordinates
- 51.93014, -1.72407
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of bale tombs dating from the early to mid-18th century is located immediately northwest of the church on Church Street. The northern tomb features carved cartouches and patterned end strips along its long sides. In contrast, the southern tomb has a thin gadrooned cresting instead of a traditional bale, with rebated quarter balusters at the corners and plain ornamentation on the end strips of its long sides.
Local climate
Pair of Bale Tombs Immediately North West of Church receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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