Thomas Rickman's Tomb in St George's Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Tomb.
Thomas Rickman's Tomb in St George's Garden
- WRENN ID
- gilded-chimney-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Thomas Rickman's Tomb in St George's Garden, Great Hampton Row B19
- OS grid reference
- SP 065 881
- Coordinates
- 52.49098, -1.90469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thomas Rickman's tomb is located in St George's Gardens, Newtown, and is made of sandstone. It features a tabernacle "chancel" design with cusped panelling on the plinth. The tomb chest is enclosed by an arched gabled canopy, which has eroded late 14th century debased cusped arches, ball flowers, and drips on carved stops, along with crockets on the gable. The largely defaced inscription commemorates Thomas Rickman, an architect and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, who was known for correctly naming various architectural styles and explaining the principles of ecclesiastical architecture. The monument was dedicated by a few of his friends in the cemetery of one of the many churches he designed. He died in January 1841 at the age of 64.
Local climate
Thomas Rickman's Tomb in St George's Garden receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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