Locke Tomb Immediately North of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 2000. Tomb.
Locke Tomb Immediately North of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- stark-foundation-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 2000
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Locke Tomb Immediately North of Church of St Mary, Preston on Stour
- OS grid reference
- SP 203 499
- Coordinates
- 52.14739, -1.70416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Locke tomb, located immediately north of the Church of St Mary in Preston on Stour, is a chest tomb dedicated to Thomas Locke, who died in 1781. It is constructed from ashlar stone and features a moulded plinth and edge along its faceted top. The side and end panels are plain but break forward, with the side panels adorned with flanking panelled balusters.
Local climate
Locke Tomb Immediately North of Church of St Mary receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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