Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of South Chancel Chapel of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. A C17 Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of South Chancel Chapel of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- eastward-shingle-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 714 566
- Coordinates
- 52.20342, -0.95612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 17th century, is located approximately 1 meter east of the south chancel chapel of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Rothersthorpe. It is made of ironstone and features a massive ledger stone.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of South Chancel Chapel of Church of St Peter and St Paul 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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