Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres North of North East Corner of North Aisle of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres North of North East Corner of North Aisle of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- lesser-gateway-spindle
- 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 556 453
- Coordinates
- 52.10383, -1.18828
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located approximately 4 metres north of the northeast corner of the north aisle of the Church of St. James. It dates from the 17th or 18th century and is made of ironstone. The tomb features angle balusters and panelled sides. On the north side, there is a fragmentary inscription dedicated to "Elizabeth, his wife, died 1713." The west end of the tomb bears the date 1676, although no name is legible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres North of North East Corner of North Aisle of Church of St James 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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