Tomb of Esther Offty in St George's Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Tomb.
Tomb of Esther Offty in St George's Gardens
- WRENN ID
- riven-sentry-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Esther Offty in St George's Gardens, Handel Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 304 824
- Coordinates
- 51.5261, -0.12075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Esther Offty is a monument located in St George's Gardens, Camden. It dates from 1770 and is made of Portland stone. The chest tomb features fielded panels, a ledger slab, and angle balusters, all resting on a tall red brick base with stone quoins and a plinth. Esther Offty, who lived on Great Russell Street, died at the age of nine. This tomb is situated in the center of the former St George's Bloomsbury burial ground and is one of the most prominent surviving tombs in the area.
Local climate
Tomb of Esther Offty in St George's 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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