Chest Tomb and Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb and Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- pale-chapel-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 881 648
- Coordinates
- 52.27451, -0.70993
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a chest tomb and headstone located approximately 6 meters south of the south porch of the Church of St. Nicholas in Great Doddington. The headstone dates from the late 17th century, while the chest tomb is from the early 18th century. Both are made of lias ashlar stone. The headstone features partially legible 17th-century dates and inscriptions.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Nicholas 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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