Forster Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of East End of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1967. A Georgian Tomb.
Forster Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of East End of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- spare-chapel-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1967
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SE 222 937
- Coordinates
- 54.33887, -1.65917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forster chest tomb, dating from around 1798, is located approximately 2 meters south of the east end of the Church of St Mary in Hornby. This tomb commemorates Margaret Forster of Hunton, who died in 1798. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a central sunflower in a circle on the longer sides, flanked by fluted panels and end pilasters of console section. The shorter ends have a fluted panel also flanked by end pilasters of console section. The well-cut inscription is found on the moulded lid.
Local climate
Forster Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of East End of Church of St Mary receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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