Church of St John the Baptist, Chest Tomb Approximately Half A Metre South of Nave is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Tomb.
Church of St John the Baptist, Chest Tomb Approximately Half A Metre South of Nave
- WRENN ID
- stranded-soffit-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 597 483
- Coordinates
- 52.12985, -1.1282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb located approximately 0.5 meters south of the nave of the Church of St John the Baptist is a 19th-century structure made of limestone. It features panelled sides and angle balusters. This tomb commemorates William Edmunds, who died in 1826, and Elizabeth Edmunds, who died in 1864. It is included for its group value with the church.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist, Chest Tomb Approximately Half A Metre South of Nave 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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