Tomb to John Lewis in Churchyard of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Tomb.
Tomb to John Lewis in Churchyard of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- rooted-vestry-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb to John Lewis in Churchyard of St Mary, Rectory Hill, East Bergholt
- OS grid reference
- TM 070 344
- Coordinates
- 51.9699, 1.01302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb to John Lewis, located in the churchyard of St Mary, is a late 18th-century tomb chest that commemorates John Lewis, who died in 1777. It is constructed of red brick and features an ashlar slab. The tomb is rectangular in shape and has square moulded brick panels that are flanked by fluted pilasters adorned with moulded strapwork friezes. It is topped with a cornice, and the slab bears an inscription that is now largely illegible.
Local climate
Tomb to John Lewis in Churchyard of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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