Grimston Memorial and Railed Enclosure About 25 Metres East of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Tomb.
Grimston Memorial and Railed Enclosure About 25 Metres East of Church of St Peter
- 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
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 268 142
- Coordinates
- 51.81259, -0.16149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grimston Memorial and railed enclosure is a chest tomb located about 25 meters east of the Church of St. Peter in Tewin. It commemorates the Right Honourable Lady Anne Grimston of Gorhambury, who died in 1717. The tomb is made of limestone ashlar and features a moulded plinth and capping, gadrooned corner balusters, and fielded panelled sides. There is an inscription on one long side, with arms and a skull and crossbones in relief on the short sides, and an inscribed capping. Surrounding the tomb is a spear-headed railed enclosure, with the outer railings added in 1870 due to the number of visitors drawn to the tomb, which was noted for trees growing from its south side, said to be linked to the last and allegedly blasphemous words of Lady Grimston.
Local climate
Grimston Memorial and Railed Enclosure About 25 Metres East of Church of St Peter sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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