Tomb to North West of Iron Gates, Commemorating M A Woolmer, M E Eve and Mary Smith is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Tomb.
Tomb to North West of Iron Gates, Commemorating M A Woolmer, M E Eve and Mary Smith
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-ledge-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 708 069
- Coordinates
- 51.73488, 0.47259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb located to the north-west of Iron Gates commemorates M A Woolmer, M E Eve, and Mary Smith. This 19th-century stone monument features a triangular plan with rounded angles. It has a hollow pyramidal top adorned with a finial. The base is scroll moulded and consists of a torus, scotia, and another torus. An inscription on the tomb reads, "hurried into eternity by the awful fire which visited his town - 1808."
Local climate
Tomb to North West of Iron Gates, Commemorating M A Woolmer, M E Eve and Mary Smith 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Woolerey Monument, in the Churchyard, 7m South of South Chapel of St Mary's Church
- 2 Warne Monument, in the Churchyard About 4 Metres West of South West Corner of Nave, Church of St Mary
- 3 John King and 2 Unidentified Monuments,About 0.5m East of William Pearce Monument in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 4 7 Table Tombs in St Marys Churchyard
- 5 Group of 2 Chest Tombs Dated 1812 and Early Nineteenth Century, Approximately 20 and 25 Metres North of Chancel, Church of St Mary Magdalene
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Gates and Gate Piers to the Graveyard of the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Crown Court Office
- 2 and 3, Duke Street
- Shire Hall
- Mausoleum, East of East End of Cathedral Commemorating John Wallinger and I Arnold Wallinger
- 4, Duke Street
- Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statue of Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal
- 5 and 6, Duke Street
- Part of Midland Bank