Lady Sarah Cowper Tomb in St Marys Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1973. Tomb.
Lady Sarah Cowper Tomb in St Marys Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- lunar-kitchen-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1973
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Lady Sarah Cowper Tomb in St Marys Churchyard, St Marys Lane, Hertford
- OS grid reference
- TL 308 119
- Coordinates
- 51.7909, -0.10381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lady Sarah Cowper Tomb is a sarcophagus located in St Mary's Churchyard, dating from 1719. It is made of grey marble and sits on a stepped base of Portland stone with pedestal feet. The tomb features coved sides adorned with inscribed tablets, a bold cavetto and scroll moulded cornice, and a low pyramidal cap. Lady Sarah Cowper was the widow of William Cowper of Hertford Castle and the mother of William, the first Earl Cowper, who served as Lord Chancellor to George I. The tomb is positioned east of the east end of the church.
Local climate
Lady Sarah Cowper Tomb in St Marys Churchyard 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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