Tomb of Mary Ellis in St Clement's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 2024. Tomb.
Tomb of Mary Ellis in St Clement's Church
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-transept-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh MP: David Burton-Sampson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 2024
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Mary Ellis in St Clement's Church, Leigh Hill, Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, SS9 1AR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 841 858
- Coordinates
- 51.54122, 0.65405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Mary Ellis, located in St Clement's Church, is a chest tomb dedicated to her memory, dating from 1609.
The tomb features a limestone slab resting on a red brick base constructed in English bond. It is oriented on an east to west axis and is situated south of the church's south porch.
This simple structure consists of approximately nine courses of English bond brickwork forming the base. The limestone slab is unadorned and has worn edges, likely due to the sharpening of blades over time.
On the north side of the brick base, there is a plaque that was added around 1970. The inscription reads: "HERE LIES THE BODY OF MARY ELLIS / DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AND LIDIA ELLIS / OF THIS PARISH / SHE WAS A VIRGIN OF VIRTUOUS COURAGE / AND VERY PROMISING HOPE / AND DIED ON THE 3RD OF JUNE 1609 / AGED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN."
Local climate
Tomb of Mary Ellis in St Clement's Church 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 greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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