Chest Tomb Approximately 9 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 9 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- far-marble-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 725 534
- Coordinates
- 52.17437, -0.9408
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 9 meters north of the north porch of the Church of St. John the Baptist, dates from the late 17th century to the early 18th century. It is made of ironstone and features a chamfered plinth and underside of the ledger stone. The tomb is adorned with plain pilasters at the corners and in the center of the long sides.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 9 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St John the Baptist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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