Group of 6 Hartley Chest Tombs to West and South of Tower of Church of Saint Michael is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 1986. Tomb.
Group of 6 Hartley Chest Tombs to West and South of Tower of Church of Saint Michael
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 November 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Group of 6 Hartley Chest Tombs to West and South of Tower of Church of Saint Michael, Moulton Lane, Middleton Tyas
- OS grid reference
- NZ 235 055
- Coordinates
- 54.44492, -1.63908
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of six chest tombs belonging to the Hartley family, located to the west and south of the tower of the Church of Saint Michael. They date from the late 18th century to the early 19th century and are made of sandstone ashlar. Two of the tombs feature acanthus rosettes and are flanked by fluted pilasters at the ends, while the others are plain. These six chest tombs create a prominent group and commemorate members of an important local family known for building East Hall and Middleton Lodge.
Local climate
Group of 6 Hartley Chest Tombs to West and South of Tower of Church of Saint Michael receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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