Colleton Tomb, St Mary the Virgin Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Ealing local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1999. Tomb.
Colleton Tomb, St Mary the Virgin Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- burning-loft-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ealing
- Constituency
- Ealing North MP: James Murray (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1999
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Colleton Tomb, St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Perivale Lane, UB6 8SS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 164 827
- Coordinates
- 51.53196, -0.32259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Colleton Tomb, located in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, is a chest tomb dedicated to Elizabeth Colleton, who died in 1721. It is made of Portland stone and features a grey ledger slab that includes an armorial relief and an inscription. The side panels are intricately carved with drapery, cherubs' heads, and skulls. The end panel showcases relief carvings of a sacred still-life, which includes a winged hourglass, a crown, a book, and a quill, along with an armorial cartouche. The tomb is adorned with angle balusters that have gadrooning and a heavy egg-and-dart moulding. This tomb is historically referred to as the 'Maiden's Tomb'. Elizabeth Colleton was the daughter of Sir Peter Colleton, Baronet, and she resided in Ealing. This tomb is considered an exceptional example of 18th-century chest tomb design.
Local climate
Colleton Tomb, St Mary the Virgin Churchyard 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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