Dowthan 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. Tomb.
Dowthan Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- winter-sentry-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Dowthan Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter, Church Street, Empingham
- OS grid reference
- SK 950 084
- Coordinates
- 52.66562, -0.59557
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dowthan tomb, located in the churchyard of St. Peter, is a table tomb dated 1797. It is made of stone and features a stone plinth with half baluster corners, oval inscription panels, and bell-flower drops. The tomb includes an inscription dedicated to Mary, the wife of Dowthan, dated 1799. It is situated in the angle between the chancel and the south transept of the church.
Local climate
Dowthan 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Dowdewell Monument, About 3m South East of Mary Butt Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Nicholas
- 2 Dowding Monument in Churchyard, About 13 Metres South East of South East Corner of Tower, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- 3 Dowand Monument, 3 Metres South of Parish Church of St Peter, Porch in the Church Yard
- 4 Monument to Wife of Thomas Cull in the Churchyard Immediately East of North Aisle of Church of Saint Mary
- 5 7 Table Tombs in St Marys Churchyard
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Hp/Cp Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter
- Syson Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter
- Church of St Peter
- Gilford Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter
- Brockett/Chapman Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter
- 3 Fancourt Tombs at Churchyard of St Peter
- Wilson Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter
- Venies Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter
- Fysh Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter
- Dexter Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter