Two Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres South of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1989. A Mid C18 Chest tomb.
Two Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres South of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- eternal-crypt-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1989
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Period
- Mid C18
- OS grid reference
- SD 981 675
- Coordinates
- 54.10383, -2.03051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located approximately 5 metres south of the Church of St. Mary, dating from the mid-18th century and made of sandstone. The northern tomb features a cyma moulded top slab with worn lettering that reads: "Here lieth the Body of Richard Constantine who departed this life September the 15th 1746 and in the 63rd year of his Age. Jane ye wife of the above Ric.d. died Fbr. ye 21st 1755." The southern tomb has an incised line and roll moulding on the top slab, with well-preserved sharply cut lettering stating: "Here lieth the Body of Thos. Son of Jonathan & Margaret Constantine who died Fbr. ye 25th 1745 in the 18th Year of His Age. The above Margaret died Janr. ye 28th 1727-8. Also the Body of the above Jonathan Who died May 17th 1768 Aged 73." Both tombs have solid stone bases. Henry Constantine was one of the 13 tenants of the manor of Conistone who purchased his holding after 1583, and they may have lived at the Old Hall.
Local climate
Two Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres South of the Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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