Fenwicke Tomb Immediately North of Vestry of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1986. Tomb.
Fenwicke Tomb Immediately North of Vestry of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Fenwicke Tomb Immediately North of Vestry of Church of St Mary, Carlton Curlieu
- OS grid reference
- SP 693 972
- Coordinates
- 52.56881, -0.97791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fenwicke tomb, located immediately north of the vestry of the Church of St. Mary in Carlton Curlieu, is an obelisk tomb that likely dates from 1744. It is made of stone and features a base that consists of a table tomb on a stepped plinth. The corners of the tomb have short pilaster strips that are intricately carved with a criss-cross motif, creating diamond shapes filled with floral designs. The tomb bears an inscription commemorating William Fenwicke, who died in 1733, and his wife, Cicely, who died in 1744. The entire structure stands at approximately 3 meters high and is topped with a short, squat obelisk.
Local climate
Fenwicke Tomb Immediately North of Vestry of Church of St Mary receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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