Table Tomb 30 Metres to the South of the Cathedral of St James is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. A Georgian Monument.
Table Tomb 30 Metres to the South of the Cathedral of St James
- WRENN ID
- roaming-bastion-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1997
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- TL 856 640
- Coordinates
- 52.24354, 0.71734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The table tomb, located 30 metres south of the Cathedral of St James in Bury St Edmunds, dates from 1771 and is made of Ketton stone. It commemorates members of the Dalton family. The tomb is set on a raised base and features fluted pilasters at the corners and along the sides, which are positioned between raised fielded panels. The moulded table top adds to its architectural detail. All the panels are inscribed, although the inscriptions are not easily readable; the earliest date noted is from 1769, with the next being 1771. To the east of the tomb, there is a stone block on the ground inscribed with 'DALTON The Mouth of ye VAULT 1771'.
Local climate
Table Tomb 30 Metres to the South of the Cathedral of St James 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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