Tomb of Samuel Coppendale, St Mattias is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Tomb.

Tomb of Samuel Coppendale, St Mattias

WRENN ID
watchful-railing-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Tomb
Address
Tomb of Samuel Coppendale, St Mattias, Woodstock Terrace, E14 0AD
OS grid reference
TQ 377 808
Coordinates
51.50971, -0.01574
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tomb of Samuel Coppendale, located at St Mattias in Poplar, is a Grade II listed monument dating from around 1722, with the designer remaining unknown. It features a stone pedestal that is rectangular in shape, adorned with a heraldic cartouche surrounded by an auricular design, and has a projecting cornice. Above the pedestal stands a panelled obelisk, which rests on ball feet and is topped by an urn that is currently detached. Samuel Coppendale was known to be a malt distiller.

Local climate

Tomb of Samuel Coppendale, St Mattias 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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