Chest Tomb Dated April 20 1642 Approximately 1 Metre South of South East Bay of South Vestry of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Dated April 20 1642 Approximately 1 Metre South of South East Bay of South Vestry of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- muffled-nave-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 536 398
- Coordinates
- 52.05404, -1.21938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century chest tomb made of limestone, located approximately 1 meter south of the southeast bay of the south vestry of the Church of St. Michael. The tomb is plain in design and features a fragment of an inscription on the west end. The inscription reads, ".... The body of Pet........ yeoman who ... ed 84 years and died April 20 1642 and Anna Tymes his wife ....".
Local climate
Chest Tomb Dated April 20 1642 Approximately 1 Metre South of South East Bay of South Vestry of Church of St Michael 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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