Chest Tomb to NE of Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 November 1994. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to NE of Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- grey-garret-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb to NE of Church of Saint Mary, Rhuddlan
- OS grid reference
- SJ 021 781
- Coordinates
- 53.291, -3.46913
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located to the northeast of the Church of Saint Mary, dating from 1685. The inscription on the tomb is mostly eroded and difficult to read. The tomb features an inscribed slab with a shield and lettering that runs around the margins. It is supported by a base that has strapwork panels and guilloche, with fluted shafts positioned at the corners and in the center of each side.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to NE of Church of Saint Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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