Row of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Chest tombs.
Row of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- sheer-garret-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SP 559 587
- Coordinates
- 52.22402, -1.18173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of three chest tombs located approximately 3 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Badby. The tombs date from the 17th and 18th centuries and are made of ironstone. The northernmost tomb is dated 1696 and features an ironstone base with a large rounded red sandstone top. It has a worn inscription surrounded by a chamfered border on the south side. The middle tomb includes ironstone with decorative cartouches on the south side and west end, and an inscription on the east end commemorating William, the son of Richard and Catherine Goodman, who died in 1717 at the age of 15 weeks. This tomb also has a cherub's head above the inscription, framed by curtains. The southernmost tomb, likely from the mid-18th century, is made of ironstone and has pilastered corners along with a worn inscription.
Local climate
Row of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 3 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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