Unidentified Chest Tomb, Circa 7 Metres South West of South West Corner at Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb, Circa 7 Metres South West of South West Corner at Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- dim-balcony-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 791 985
- Coordinates
- 51.68538, -2.30365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb dating from the early 18th century, located approximately 7 meters south-west of the south-west corner of the Church of St Giles in Uley. The tomb is made of limestone and features a thick cyma top and a cavetto base. It has lyre ends adorned with cartouches, square inscription panels with raised moulding, and side panels on the north and south. It is situated about 2 meters south-west of a memorial that has a very similar design.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb, Circa 7 Metres South West of South West Corner at Church of St Giles receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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