Tomb (With Draped Urn) in Churchyard to North West of Portico of Church of St John with All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Tomb.
Tomb (With Draped Urn) in Churchyard to North West of Portico of Church of St John with All Saints
- WRENN ID
- high-lintel-poplar
- 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 (With Draped Urn) in Churchyard to North West of Portico of Church of St John with All Saints, Waterloo Road Se1
- OS grid reference
- TQ 311 800
- Coordinates
- 51.5046, -0.11246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tomb with a draped urn located in the churchyard to the north-west of the portico of the Church of St John with All Saints. It dates from the early to mid-19th century and is made of Portland stone. The tomb features a draped urn sitting on a high square plinth, which has angle pilasters and an entablature, all resting on a square base. The tomb bears the motto "vero nihil verius" and displays a crest of a boar passant on a chapeau, with a motto below. The inscription has worn away, but it may have included the names Vere or de Vere.
Local climate
Tomb (With Draped Urn) in Churchyard to North West of Portico of Church of St John with All Saints 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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