Dimsdale 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.
Dimsdale Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- over-arch-hyssop
- 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
- Dimsdale Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Road, Essendon
- OS grid reference
- TL 273 087
- Coordinates
- 51.763, -0.15643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dimsdale tomb, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, is a chest tomb dedicated to the Dimsdale family, dating from 1818. It is positioned on the north side of the nave. The tomb features a stone groove surrounding the panels and is adorned with fluted Greek Doric columns set at the corners.
Local climate
Dimsdale 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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