Swann 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.
Swann Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- late-tracery-alder
- 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
- Swann Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter, Church Lane, Barrowden
- OS grid reference
- SP 944 999
- Coordinates
- 52.58886, -0.6071
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swann tomb is a shrine tomb located in the churchyard of St. Peter, dated 1872. It is constructed of stone and features a miniature canopied shrine topped with an octagonal spirelet, which is adorned with a foliage finial and a small cross. The tomb has a square pier in the center, with gables on each side. Each corner is supported by free-standing red stone shafts that have finely-carved foliage capitals. The tomb is situated to the north of the west end of the church, in the middle of a grave plot that has stone edging. The inscriptions commemorate Sarah, the wife of Thomas Swann, who died in 1872, and Thomas Swann, who died in 1884. This tomb is identical to the Wilson tomb located at the Churchyard of St. Nicholas in Stretton and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Swann Tomb at Churchyard of St Peter sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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