Tomb 3 Feet East of South Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1984. Tomb.
Tomb 3 Feet East of South Porch
- WRENN ID
- vacant-balcony-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb 3 Feet East of South Porch, Church Road, Stapleford Tawney
- OS grid reference
- TQ 502 990
- Coordinates
- 51.66976, 0.1717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 12th-century tomb located 3 feet east of the south porch of the Church of St. Mary in Stapleford Tawney. The tomb features a ridged center with a slender stem, two reeded crosses in relief, and a small formy cross.
Local climate
Tomb 3 Feet 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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