Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. Tomb.

Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Mary Magdalene

WRENN ID
buried-doorway-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1988
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
TL 070 977
Coordinates
52.56728, -0.42139
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, dated 1633, is located approximately 12 meters north of the vestry of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene on Main Street in Yarwell. It is made of limestone ashlar and features panelled sides, along with a partially legible inscription.

Local climate

Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North of Vestry of Church of St Mary Magdalene 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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