Banks Family Tomb to North East of Chancel of St Pauls Church, Hammersmith is a Grade II listed building in the Hammersmith and Fulham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1985. Tomb.
Banks Family Tomb to North East of Chancel of St Pauls Church, Hammersmith
- WRENN ID
- keen-cobalt-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Banks Family Tomb to North East of Chancel of St Pauls Church, Hammersmith, Queen Caroline Street W6
- OS grid reference
- TQ 233 784
- Coordinates
- 51.49162, -0.22496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Banks family tomb, located to the northeast of the chancel of St Paul's Church in Hammersmith, is a chest tomb dating from around 1763. It is made of Portland stone and features a moulded base with fluted angle pilasters that flank recessed panels. A moulded ledge supports a pyramidal cover. The tomb has inscription panels that are oval on the sides and circular at the ends, although the lettering is worn. The south side commemorates Barbara Banks, the widow of George Banks of Salisbury, while the north side honors her son, George Banks, a mason who passed away in 1779. His inscription notes that he gained general esteem in his profession through strict integrity and merit, and this panel is surrounded by masonic symbols. This is a good-quality mid-18th century chest tomb.
Local climate
Banks Family Tomb to North East of Chancel of St Pauls Church, Hammersmith sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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