Wilson Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. Table tomb.
Wilson Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- broken-flint-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- Table tomb
- Address
- Wilson Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter, Church Street, Empingham
- OS grid reference
- SK 950 084
- Coordinates
- 52.66548, -0.59543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wilson tomb, located in the churchyard of St Peter, is a table tomb dated 1820. It is made of stone and sits on a stone plinth, featuring one and a half balusters at each corner. The tomb has carved inscriptions, with those on the ends displayed in oval panels, commemorating Hannah, the wife of Thomas Wilson, who died in 1820, and Thomas Wilson, who died in 1822. The tomb is situated to the south of the chancel of the church.
Local climate
Wilson Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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