Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1987. Tombs.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1987
- Type
- Tombs
- OS grid reference
- SP 927 893
- Coordinates
- 52.49396, -0.63473
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located approximately 10 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St. Mary. One of the tombs is dated 1653, while the other two date from the early 18th century. They are made of limestone ashlar. The chest tomb on the east side features a triple chamfered slab with a partially legible inscription dedicated to John Grumbold, a freemason who died in 1653. The chest tomb on the west side has a plain slab and panelled sides that are decorated with cherub heads and flowers.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Mary 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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