Chest Tomb 15 Metres South of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb 15 Metres South of Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- hollow-kitchen-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1991
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 814 783
- Coordinates
- 52.39698, -0.80413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the late 18th century, is located 15 meters south of the Church of St Leonard. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features panelled corner pilasters adorned with floral ornamentation. The north side has a moulded panel with an illegible inscription, while the south side panel has fallen away. The moulded top of the tomb is badly damaged.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 15 Metres South of Church of St Leonard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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