Chest Tomb and Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1988. Monument.
Chest Tomb and Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- far-rubble-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SK 987 008
- Coordinates
- 52.59668, -0.54306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb and headstone, located approximately 5 meters southeast of the south porch of the Church of St. Mary, date back to 1666 and 1684, respectively. The chest tomb is made of limestone ashlar and features a chamfered slab along with the remnants of an inscribed panel on its west end. The headstone has an arch-headed panel with moulding and a partially legible inscription.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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