Brown Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Tomb.
Brown Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- waiting-oriel-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Brown Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Rdoad, Essendon
- OS grid reference
- TL 273 087
- Coordinates
- 51.76297, -0.15645
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brown tomb, dating from 1786, is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Essendon. This chest tomb is dedicated to Thomas Brown and is situated on the north side of the chancel. It features stone consoles at both ends and has a shallow pediment adorned with paterae and fluting.
Local climate
Brown Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin 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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