Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South West of West Corner of South Aisle of Church of St Mary 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 West of West Corner of South Aisle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- long-buttress-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 544 469
- Coordinates
- 52.11802, -1.20669
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 17th century, is made of ironstone and is located approximately 3 meters southwest of the west corner of the south aisle of the Church of St. Mary in Culworth. It features angle columns with carved capitals and a plain top. On the north side, there is an inscription plaque that is flanked by strapwork cartouches, with similar cartouches at both ends. The south side of the tomb is badly weathered, and there is a fragmentary inscription that appears to reference Kenin and includes the date 1660.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South West of West Corner of South Aisle of Church of St Mary 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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