Table Tomb Approximately 14 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Castle Point local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. A C18 Monument, tomb.
Table Tomb Approximately 14 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- night-column-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Castle Point
- Constituency
- Castle Point MP: Rebecca Harris (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1986
- Type
- Monument, tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 778 861
- Coordinates
- 51.54597, 0.56318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a table tomb located approximately 14 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. It dates from around 1728 and features a red brick base with black header diapering and a stone slab that has moulded edges. The inscription, which is worn in some areas, commemorates James Matthews, a farmer and hoyman who held nearly every parish office from 1706 to 1728. The inscription reads: "sixty three years our Hoyman sailed merrily around. Fourty four lived parishioner where he's aground. Five wives bear him thirty three children. Enough, land another as honest before he gets off." At the top of the inscription, there is a circle adorned with foliate scrolls and a stork with folded wings, which is said to represent the Matthews Coat of Arms.
Local climate
Table Tomb Approximately 14 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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