Table Tomb South of Church of St Mary the Virgin to W Browne 1653, Sarah 1643 and Son is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1984. Table tomb.
Table Tomb South of Church of St Mary the Virgin to W Browne 1653, Sarah 1643 and Son
- WRENN ID
- north-dormer-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1984
- Type
- Table tomb
- Address
- Table Tomb South of Church of St Mary the Virgin to W Browne 1653, Sarah 1643 and Son, High Road, Chigwell
- OS grid reference
- TQ 441 937
- Coordinates
- 51.62438, 0.08052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century table tomb located south of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. It features a stone base and walls made of red brick, with plain stone pilasters at the corners and a stone slab on top. The tomb bears an inscription commemorating William Browne, who died in 1653, his wife Sarah, who died in 1643, and their son, who may have died in 1711. The tomb is situated approximately 2.5 meters south of the south chapel of the parish church, which was the chancel before alterations made in 1886.
Local climate
Table Tomb South of Church of St Mary the Virgin to W Browne 1653, Sarah 1643 and Son sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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