Tombstone of Richard Moss, 5 Metres North of Nave 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 Richard Moss, 5 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- leaning-cornice-hawk
- 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
- 51.63211, 0.31879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombstone of Richard Moss, dating from 1760, is located 5 meters north of the nave of the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Brentwood. Made of limestone, it features an inscription dedicated to Richard Moss, who was a Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London. The stone showcases an unusual variety of motifs in low relief, including an angel with a trumpet, a crown in hand, an hourglass, a snake biting its tail, a book, and clouds. It has a moulded pediment supported by scrolled supports. The tombstone measures 0.70 meters in width and stands 1.27 meters above the ground.
Local climate
Tombstone of Richard Moss, 5 Metres North of Nave 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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