Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South West of West Door 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 18 March 1985. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South West of West Door of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- waning-grate-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SP 497 361
- Coordinates
- 52.02123, -1.27673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the early 18th century, is located approximately 4 metres south-west of the west door of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Kings Sutton. It is made of limestone and features panelled sides adorned with foliage carvings in the centre of both the north and south sides. On the east side, there is a fragment of an inscription that reads "......her two children John and Mary".
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South West of West Door of Church of St Peter and St Paul sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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