Pedestal Tomb of Rachel Mellor, James Mellor Junior and Others in Hough Hole Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Tomb.

Pedestal Tomb of Rachel Mellor, James Mellor Junior and Others in Hough Hole Gardens

WRENN ID
weathered-moat-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Tomb
Address
Pedestal Tomb of Rachel Mellor, James Mellor Junior and Others in Hough Hole Gardens, Rainow
OS grid reference
SJ 946 763
Coordinates
53.28409, -2.08199
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pedestal tomb of Rachel Mellor, James Mellor Junior, and others is located in the gardens of Hough Hole House. It dates back to 1835 and is made of square sandstone blocks set on a moulded plinth. The tomb features a projecting weathered capstone topped with an urn that is decorated with carved acanthus leaves and garlands. This tomb is one of three large pedestal tombs found in a Swedenborgian graveyard associated with the nearby Chapel. It includes the tomb of the Chapel builder and the carver of all the monuments around Hough Hole House.

Local climate

Pedestal Tomb of Rachel Mellor, James Mellor Junior and Others in Hough Hole Gardens sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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