Tomb of Abraham Woodhead in St Pancras Old Church Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Tomb.

Tomb of Abraham Woodhead in St Pancras Old Church Gardens

WRENN ID
moated-spandrel-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1999
Type
Tomb
Address
Tomb of Abraham Woodhead in St Pancras Old Church Gardens, Pancras Road, NW1 1UL
OS grid reference
TQ 297 834
Coordinates
51.53478, -0.12998
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of Abraham Woodhead is located in St Pancras Old Church Gardens and dates from 1678, with some restoration. It is a chest tomb made of marble, featuring a rectangular stepped plinth. The panels of the tomb have incised borders and armorial cartouches on the ends. The cover is pyramidal in shape. Abraham Woodhead was known as a Roman Catholic apologist and was a Fellow of University College Oxford at one time.

Local climate

Tomb of Abraham Woodhead in St Pancras Old Church Gardens sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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