1 of 6 Tombs in Churchyard of St Mary and St Thomas C to Kenneth Gray Buchanan is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1984. A Modern Tomb.

1 of 6 Tombs in Churchyard of St Mary and St Thomas C to Kenneth Gray Buchanan

WRENN ID
strange-span-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1984
Type
Tomb
Period
Modern
Address
1 of 6 Tombs in Churchyard of St Mary and St Thomas C to Kenneth Gray Buchanan, Old Knebworth Lane
OS grid reference
TL 230 209
Coordinates
51.87374, -0.21369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is one of six tombs located in the churchyard of St Mary and St Thomas. It is a large raised tomb slab designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, dating from 1933. The tomb is made of Portland stone and features a single plain slab with a raised rectangular slab in the center. The central slab has a cross carved with a sword and includes a Roman-lettered inscription.

Local climate

1 of 6 Tombs in Churchyard of St Mary and St Thomas C to Kenneth Gray Buchanan 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% 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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