Swale Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres East 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 1987. Tomb.
Swale Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres East of East End of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- fossil-plaster-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SE 222 937
- Coordinates
- 54.33895, -1.65906
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dating from around 1768, located approximately 5 metres east of the east end of the Church of St Mary in Hornby. It commemorates Isabel Swale of Hornby Park, who died in 1768. The tomb is made of sandstone ashlar and features sides adorned with arcaded panels of console section, which are separated by traceried pilasters, along with traceried end pilasters. The well-cut inscription is found on the moulded lid.
Local climate
Swale Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres East 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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