Monument Approximately 5 Metres East of Chancel East Wall Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Monument.
Monument Approximately 5 Metres East of Chancel East Wall Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- iron-cellar-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 862 110
- Coordinates
- 51.76687, 0.69729
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument, located approximately 5 metres east of the east wall of the chancel at the Church of St. Peter in Great Totham, is a chest tomb dating from around 1855. It commemorates Mary Turner and Elizabeth Cooper, who passed away in 1862. The tomb features a red brick plinth and a stone base slab, with rectangular mouldings on the side panels that include inscribed and foliated oval central panels. The high stepped top is adorned with a lidded vase.
Local climate
Monument Approximately 5 Metres East of Chancel East Wall Church of St Peter 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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