Tomb of Joshua Ruddock in Churchyard of St Mary,3 Yards to North East of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Tomb of Joshua Ruddock in Churchyard of St Mary,3 Yards to North East of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- scarred-chimney-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Constituency
- Wimbledon MP: Mr Paul Kohler (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 245 714
- Coordinates
- 51.42854, -0.21019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Joshua Ruddock, who died in 1821, is located in the churchyard of St Mary, three yards to the northeast of the chancel. It is a table tomb with a casket that flares out towards the top and features a pediment. The sides of the casket are panelled and inscribed. The tomb is supported by iron spheres.
Local climate
Tomb of Joshua Ruddock in Churchyard of St Mary,3 Yards to North East 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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