Group of 3 Chest Tombs and 3 Headstones Approximately 3 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. Tomb group.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs and 3 Headstones Approximately 3 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- hushed-lead-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1987
- Type
- Tomb group
- OS grid reference
- TL 008 833
- Coordinates
- 52.43839, -0.5179
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs and three headstones located approximately 3 meters north of the north porch of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels. The chest tombs date from the 17th century, with specific dates of 1603 and 1637. The headstone to the north is dated 1657 and 1696, while the headstones to the east and west are also from the 17th century. The tombs are made of limestone ashlar and feature panelled sides, with two of the chest tombs having double chamfered slabs. The northern headstone has two arch-head panels, and the eastern headstone has three arch-head panels with three skulls above. All the stones have partially legible inscriptions.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs and 3 Headstones Approximately 3 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Michael and All Angels sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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