Tomb of John Tradescant and His Family in St Mary's Churchyard is a Grade II* listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Tomb.
Tomb of John Tradescant and His Family in St Mary's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- lone-casement-owl
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1981
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of John Tradescant and His Family in St Mary's Churchyard, Lambeth Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 306 789
- Coordinates
- 51.49484, -0.11968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of John Tradescant and his family is located in St Mary's Churchyard, dating from 1662. It features a hard sandstone sarcophagus adorned with high relief carvings on all four sides, showcasing classical and Egyptian ruins, trees at each corner, and various flora and fauna, including a mythical hydra on one end. The lid slab, added in 1853, notes the original tomb's date, its repair in 1773, and its final restoration in 1853, along with a poem honoring John Tradescant and his son, who were known for collecting rare specimens from land, sea, and air. The Tradescants served as gardeners to Charles I, lived in Lambeth, and traveled extensively, returning with numerous botanical discoveries. They established a physic garden in South Lambeth, and their collections eventually contributed to the Ashmolean Museum.
Local climate
Tomb of John Tradescant and His Family in St Mary's Churchyard 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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