Tombstone of George Gross, 9/10 Metres East of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Brentwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1994. Tombstone.
Tombstone of George Gross, 9/10 Metres East of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- graven-postern-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brentwood
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1994
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 605 951
- Coordinates
- 51.63198, 0.31878
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tombstone located 0.90 meters east of the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Brentwood, dating from 1773. Made of limestone, the main inscription commemorates George Gross, with additional inscriptions for his mother, Sarah Gross, who died in 1750, and for George Gross, who died in 1760. The tombstone features a skull and crossed bones in low relief within a scrolled curvilinear head. The rear edges are chamfered. The tombstone measures 0.69 meters in width and stands 1.51 meters above the ground.
Local climate
Tombstone of George Gross, 9/10 Metres East of Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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