Buxton Tomb in Churchyard at Old Church of St James 40 Metres West of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Buxton Tomb in Churchyard at Old Church of St James 40 Metres West of Tower
- WRENN ID
- long-casement-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 398 110
- Coordinates
- 51.78058, 0.0263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Buxton tomb in the churchyard at the Old Church of St James is located 40 metres west of the tower. This churchyard tomb features three similar monuments on top, constructed in 1881, 1905, and 1908. The first monument, dedicated to Fowell Arthur Buxton, is made of red granite and is likely designed by Alfred Waterhouse. The subsequent monuments, for Rachel Jane Buxton and Thomas Fowell Buxton of Easneye, are made of white marble and follow the same design as the first. Each monument has an austere design, resting on a plain plinth with a heavy deep ledger stone that has an offset base carved with a running scallop design in low relief. The top of the ledger features a flat cross defined by simple sloped weathering that meets at the angles. Alfred Waterhouse also built Easneye for Thomas Fowell Buxton between 1868 and 1869, along with a new church, school, and various estate buildings.
Local climate
Buxton Tomb in Churchyard at Old Church of St James 40 Metres West of Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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