Chest Tomb to Sir Joseph Paxton 40 Metres South of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb to Sir Joseph Paxton 40 Metres South of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- buried-string-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 250 698
- Coordinates
- 53.22505, -1.62626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dedicated to Sir Joseph Paxton, an architect and landscape gardener, located 40 meters south of the Church of St Peter in Edensor. It dates from around 1865 and is made of sandstone and limestone. The rectangular tomb features angle pilasters with moulded decoration and inscriptions on shields positioned between them. The top of the tomb is heavily moulded. The inscriptions commemorate Sir Joseph Paxton, who was born in Milton Bryant, Bedfordshire on August 3, 1803, and died at Rockhills House, Sydenham on June 8, 1865. The tomb also honors Sarah, his wife, and other family members.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Sir Joseph Paxton 40 Metres South of Church of St Peter receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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