Coffin Shaped Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard, 10 Metres South of St Mary's Church Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. Grave monument.
Coffin Shaped Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard, 10 Metres South of St Mary's Church Tower
- WRENN ID
- pitched-rotunda-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1984
- Type
- Grave monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 629 229
- Coordinates
- 51.88123, 0.36582
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The coffin-shaped tomb located in St. Mary's Churchyard, 10 metres south of St. Mary's Church tower, is an early 19th-century grave monument. It features a coffin-shaped design with a tall, pointed headstone and a lower footstone, both made of grey limestone. The sides of the tomb are adorned with Gothick pointed, arched, blind arcading. The headstone mirrors this design, showcasing carved shafts with moulded capitals and bases.
Local climate
Coffin Shaped Tomb in St Mary's Churchyard, 10 Metres South of St Mary's Church Tower 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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