Table Tomb in Church Yard of St Peter and St Paul Approximately 3 Metres South East of South Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Tomb.
Table Tomb in Church Yard of St Peter and St Paul Approximately 3 Metres South East of South Porch
- WRENN ID
- scarred-tallow-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 761 207
- Coordinates
- 51.85722, 0.55663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The table tomb, located in the churchyard of St. Peter and St. Paul, dates from around 1738 and is situated approximately 3 metres southeast of the south porch. It rests on a moulded stone plinth and features four right and left curves with circles between them that support the central side panels. The tomb has mouldings and an egg and dart enriched cornice on the moulded top slab. An incised circular achievement with a helm is also present. This tomb commemorates Benjamin Allen, a physician and naturalist from Braintree, who was a friend of John Ray, whose monument is nearby.
Local climate
Table Tomb in Church Yard of St Peter and St Paul Approximately 3 Metres South East of South Porch 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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