Tombchest in St Mary's Churchyard (2 Metres to South East of Wren Monument) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Tombchest.
Tombchest in St Mary's Churchyard (2 Metres to South East of Wren Monument)
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- TL 396 251
- Coordinates
- 51.90769, 0.0291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tombchest located in St Mary's churchyard in Braughing village, dating from the mid-18th century. It is made of white limestone topped with a grey stone slab. The tombchest has a rectangular shape with recessed baluster corners, and it features rectangular fielded panels with convex corners and carved quadrant spandrels. It has a moulded plinth and a moulded edge on the overhanging top slab, which bears a primary inscription that is now illegible. The tombchest is situated 2 meters to the southeast of the Wren Monument.
Local climate
Tombchest in St Mary's Churchyard (2 Metres to South East of Wren Monument) 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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