Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- small-plaster-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 541 499
- Coordinates
- 52.14536, -1.21082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located approximately 3 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St. Nicholas. It is made of ironstone and features panelled sides with angle balusters. The west end displays an achievement of arms, while the east end has an oval cartouche. There is a fragmentary inscription on the north side dedicated to William Tew, who died in 1717.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Nicholas 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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