Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin and All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. Chest tombs.
Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin and All Saints
- WRENN ID
- calm-groin-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1988
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- TL 063 961
- Coordinates
- 52.553, -0.43295
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of chest tombs located approximately 5 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin and All Saints. The tombs are dated 1789 and 1800 and are made of limestone ashlar. The chest tomb next to the chancel features reeded pilasters and fielded panels, dating from 1789. The other chest tomb has bolection moulded pilasters and oval panels, dating from 1800. Both tombs bear inscriptions dedicated to the Males family.
Local climate
Pair of Chest Tombs Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin and All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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