Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- pale-wall-myrtle
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 956 992
- Coordinates
- 52.58236, -0.58914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1766, is located approximately 7 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. John the Baptist. It is made of limestone ashlar and features bolection moulded pilasters with rectangular inscription panels. The tomb has a partially legible inscription dedicated to Jacob De Rippe, who died in 1766, as well as another inscription for the De Rippe family.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St John the Baptist 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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