Group of 2 Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Group of 2 Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- haunted-vestry-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 803 596
- Coordinates
- 52.22887, -0.82524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description is for a group of two chest tombs located approximately 10 meters south of the tower of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. These tombs date from the 17th century to the early 18th century and are made of ironstone. They feature massive ledger stones with a chamfer along the lower edge.
Local climate
Group of 2 Chest Tombs Approximately 10 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin 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 85% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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