Group of 15 Tomb Chests, Comprising All Those to Masham and Cleeve Families in All Saints' Churchyard, to East and North East of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. Tomb chests.

Group of 15 Tomb Chests, Comprising All Those to Masham and Cleeve Families in All Saints' Churchyard, to East and North East of Chancel

WRENN ID
lunar-latch-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1984
Type
Tomb chests
Address
Group of 15 Tomb Chests, Comprising All Those to Masham and Cleeve Families in All Saints' Churchyard, to East and North East of Chancel, High Laver
OS grid reference
TL 527 086
Coordinates
51.75575, 0.21199
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a group of 15 tomb-chests located to the east and northeast of the chancel in All Saints' Churchyard. These tomb-chests commemorate members of the Masham family from the manor of Otes and the Cleeve family, dating from 1733 to 1852. Nine of the tomb-chests have stone slabs and brick bases, with one featuring cast iron railings set in the slab. The remaining six are made entirely of stone. One tomb-chest in the northwest corner of the group has a broken slab that has been repaired with iron. The entire group is enclosed by a post and rail fence. The inscriptions on the tomb-chests are mostly obscured by lichen but are largely legible. They have been transcribed in full, and the relationships among the individuals are explained by David Dixon of Moreton, with a copy of the transcription held in the Essex Record Office, accession number 1997.

Local climate

Group of 15 Tomb Chests, Comprising All Those to Masham and Cleeve Families in All Saints' Churchyard, to East and North East of Chancel 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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