Chest Tomb 6 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 6 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- fossil-frieze-linden
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 871 858
- Coordinates
- 52.46355, -0.71925
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1660, is located 6 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St. Michael in Great Oakley. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a double chamfered slab on top. The inscription on the tomb is partially legible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 6 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Michael 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 81% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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