Tomb in St Lawrence Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. Tomb.
Tomb in St Lawrence Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- steep-chapel-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb in St Lawrence Churchyard, Lower Church Road, Skellingthorpe
- OS grid reference
- SK 925 720
- Coordinates
- 53.23766, -0.61506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a table tomb located in St Lawrence Churchyard, dating from 1694. It is made of ashlar and features a flat-topped rectangular shape dedicated to Henry Stone. The corners of the tomb are decorated with acanthus leaf motifs, and there is an inscription on one side that reads, "The Governors of Christs Hospital in London have caused this Tomb to be erected in Memory of their Munificent Benefactor HENRY STONE Esq late deceased ANNO 1694." The tomb is surrounded by 19th-century wrought iron railings and is situated 50 yards south of the church porch.
Local climate
Tomb in St Lawrence Churchyard 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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