Tomb of James Rattee at Mill Road Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 2000. Monument.
Tomb of James Rattee at Mill Road Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- proud-jamb-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 2000
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 460 581
- Coordinates
- 52.20253, 0.1361
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of James Rattee at Mill Road Cemetery is a monument dating from around 1855. It is constructed of stone and features a double-arched canopy adorned with crocketed finials and embattled cresting. The design includes sexfoil arches beneath quatrefoils set within gables. Inscription panels commemorate James Rattee, who died in 1855, along with other family members. James Rattee was a co-founder of Rattee and Kett, a well-known firm of woodcarvers and architectural sculptors. This tomb is part of a group that includes the Kett tomb and the Moyes tomb.
Local climate
Tomb of James Rattee at Mill Road Cemetery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- 5 Tomb of Elizabeth Moyes at Mill Road Cemetery
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