Howard, Hawkins, Carpenter and Lane Memorial Immediately North East of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1985. Chest-tomb.
Howard, Hawkins, Carpenter and Lane Memorial Immediately North East of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- hidden-roof-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Three Rivers
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1985
- Type
- Chest-tomb
- Address
- Howard, Hawkins, Carpenter and Lane Memorial Immediately North East of Church of St Lawrence, High Street, Abbots Langley
- OS grid reference
- TL 094 022
- Coordinates
- 51.70789, -0.41669
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Howard, Hawkins, Carpenter and Lane Memorial is a chest-tomb located immediately northeast of the Church of St. Lawrence in Abbots Langley. It dates from the late 18th century and is constructed of ashlar stone. The tomb features a moulded base and raised fielded panels, with two panels on the long sides and one on the short sides, topped with a projecting moulded capping. The capping includes an inscription commemorating S. Howard, who died in 1764. Additionally, the east and north sides bear inscriptions for G. Hawkins, who died in 1783, L. Carpenter, who died in 1794, and H. Lane, who died in 1785, although some inscriptions are illegible.
Local climate
Howard, Hawkins, Carpenter and Lane Memorial Immediately North East of Church of St Lawrence 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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