Monument, Approximately 7 Metres North East of North East Corner of North Vestry,Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Monument, Approximately 7 Metres North East of North East Corner of North Vestry,Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- graven-moat-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 823 052
- Coordinates
- 51.71624, 0.63758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a table tomb located approximately 7 metres northeast of the northeast corner of the north vestry of the Church of St. Margaret, dating from around 1683. It is made of stone and features a moulded base and top slabs. The tomb has two side panels on the north and south faces, with a central pilaster that is moulded, and end pilasters that are carved with skulls, hourglasses, picks, and shovels. There is a coat of arms on the west end. The long inscription begins with, "These verses were found, made written and ordered by Doctor Peter Chamberlen here entered for his epitaph," and it discusses family matters and the reigns of monarchs during Dr. Chamberlen's life, from May 8, 1601, to December 22, 1683. Dr. Chamberlen lived at Woodham Mortimer Hall and inherited his family's secret of short midwifery forceps. In 1818, several midwifery instruments were discovered in an old chest at the Hall.
Local climate
Monument, Approximately 7 Metres North East of North East Corner of North Vestry,Church of St Margaret sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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