Pair of Tombs at East End of Church of St Michael (Alberic Drummond Willoughby and Earl of Ancaster) is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Tomb.
Pair of Tombs at East End of Church of St Michael (Alberic Drummond Willoughby and Earl of Ancaster)
- WRENN ID
- standing-marble-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Pair of Tombs at East End of Church of St Michael (Alberic Drummond Willoughby and Earl of Ancaster), Main Street, Edenham
- OS grid reference
- TF 062 218
- Coordinates
- 52.7837, -0.42616
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of tombs located at the east end of the Church of St. Michael, dedicated to Alberic Drummond Willoughby, who died in 1870, and the Earl of Ancaster, who died in 1910. The tombs are made of ashlar. The southern tomb, for Alberic Drummond Willoughby, features plain side panels with a shield and heraldic devices on the ends. Its gabled top is intricately carved to resemble tegulae. The northern tomb, dedicated to the Earl of Ancaster, has sides adorned with inscribed oval panels, which are flanked by fluted vasiform pilasters. The roundels at each end of this tomb also contain heraldic devices.
Local climate
Pair of Tombs at East End of Church of St Michael (Alberic Drummond Willoughby and Earl of Ancaster) 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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