Lydia Durham Chest Tomb Circa 11 Metres West of West Door to St Peter's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1984. Tomb.
Lydia Durham Chest Tomb Circa 11 Metres West of West Door to St Peter's Church
- WRENN ID
- iron-soffit-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Lydia Durham Chest Tomb Circa 11 Metres West of West Door to St Peter's Church, GL54 5LU
- OS grid reference
- SP 022 282
- Coordinates
- 51.95258, -1.96844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lydia Durham chest tomb, located approximately 11 meters west of the west door to St Peter's Church, is an early 18th-century memorial made of limestone. It features a flat top with a moulded edge, fluted corners, and fielded panels, along with a moulded base. This tomb commemorates Lydia Durham, who passed away in 1736, among others. It is one of a pair of similar memorials in this location, although the other tomb is not identified.
Local climate
Lydia Durham Chest Tomb Circa 11 Metres West of West Door to St Peter's Church receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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