Tomb Slab at East End of Church of St Swithin is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1986. Tomb slab.
Tomb Slab at East End of Church of St Swithin
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1986
- Type
- Tomb slab
- Address
- Tomb Slab at East End of Church of St Swithin, Potter Lane, Wellow
- OS grid reference
- SK 670 661
- Coordinates
- 53.18777, -0.99744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tomb slab, dated 1651, is located at the east end of the Church of St. Swithin. It is made of ashlar and commemorates Alice Braylesford. The slab features incised arms with scrollwork, and a marginal inscription that reads, "Hic jacet Alice Uxor Guli Braylesford de Willey Gen... et haec... Lawr Stirrop de Lincolne M...D...C..."
Local climate
Tomb Slab at East End of Church of St Swithin sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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