Grosvenor Tomb in Churchyard of St Mary 5 Yards to South of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Grosvenor Tomb in Churchyard of St Mary 5 Yards to South of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- steep-finial-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Constituency
- Wimbledon MP: Mr Paul Kohler (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 245 714
- Coordinates
- 51.42834, -0.21033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grosvenor tomb, located in the churchyard of St Mary, is a table tomb dedicated to Emma Grosvenor, who died in 1793. It is made of Portland stone and features a casket that flares towards the top. The sides are panelled, with each side rising to a low pediment, and there are acroteria at the corners. The tomb is situated 5 yards to the south of the chancel.
Local climate
Grosvenor Tomb in Churchyard of St Mary 5 Yards to South of Chancel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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