Shipton/Finch Tomb 5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Watford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1983. Tomb.
Shipton/Finch Tomb 5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- grey-sill-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Watford
- Constituency
- Watford MP: Matt Turmaine (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 111 963
- Coordinates
- 51.65467, -0.39536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shipton/Finch tomb, located 5 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, dates from the early 18th century. It features two square fielded panels on each side, with relief-carved strips that include designs of fleur-de-lys and interlaced foliage.
Local climate
Shipton/Finch Tomb 5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary 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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