Chest Tomb Approximately 30 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Katherine is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 30 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Katherine
- WRENN ID
- winding-wicket-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 925 659
- Coordinates
- 52.28431, -0.64508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1780, is located approximately 30 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of St. Katherine in Irchester. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features bolection moulded pilasters and corners. There is a partially legible inscription dedicated to the Harris family.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 30 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Katherine sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Harris Tomb Aproximately 12 Metres to South West of Tower of Church of St Mary
- 2 Monument to Edward Harris, in Churchyard to North of St James' Church
- 3 Harris Chest Tomb, 12 Yards South West of Tower of St Leonard's Church
- 4 Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South West of South Aisle of Church of All Saints
- 5 Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 1.5 Metres South of Church of St Katherine
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