Tomb, 20 Feet South West of West Door of Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1981. Tomb.
Tomb, 20 Feet South West of West Door of Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- WRENN ID
- sharp-sill-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock MP: James McMurdock (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1981
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb, 20 Feet South West of West Door of Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Church Hill
- OS grid reference
- TQ 684 822
- Coordinates
- 51.51405, 0.42592
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unusual barrel tomb dedicated to James Adams, dating from 1765. It is heavily carved with angels, foliage, and the phrase "Memento mori," and is signed "Winchester Recit." The tomb is built against the churchyard wall and features an inscribed stone, a canopy, and hanging drapes. It is located 20 feet south-west of the west door of the Church of St Margaret of Antioch in Stanford-le-Hope.
Local climate
Tomb, 20 Feet South West of West Door of Church of St Margaret of Antioch sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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