Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of South East Corner of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of South East Corner of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- eastward-crypt-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 541 611
- Coordinates
- 52.24552, -1.2089
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located approximately 3 meters south of the southeast corner of the nave of the Church of St. Mary in Staverton. It is made of ironstone and features an oval inscription plaque adorned with cherub's heads in shallow relief on all sides. The tomb has a fragmentary inscription that includes the date 1775.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of South East Corner of Nave of Church of St Mary 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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