Harrison Family Chest Tomb, South of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Harrison Family Chest Tomb, South of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- tenth-groin-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Harrison Family Chest Tomb, South of Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 333 794
- Coordinates
- 51.49806, -0.08081
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harrison Family chest tomb, located south of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, is an Egyptian-styled tomb chest dating from 1851. It is made of limestone and has a rectangular block shape that resembles a pylon, featuring a sharply carved cavetto moulding. The inscription on the tomb is badly weathered. It is situated immediately to the north of the Dedication Stele.
Local climate
Harrison Family Chest Tomb, South of Church of St Mary Magdalene 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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- 191, Bermondsey Street
- 187 and 189, Bermondsey Street
- Gates and Gate Piers at North East Entrance to St Marys Churchyard
- 173, Bermondsey Street
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- 5, 6 and 7, Grange Walk