Monument opposite south porch in St Mary's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1979. Monument.
Monument opposite south porch in St Mary's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- slow-corridor-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redbridge
- Constituency
- Chingford and Woodford Green MP: Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1979
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument opposite south porch in St Mary's Churchyard, Church of St Mary, High Road, London, E18 2PA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 400 907
- Coordinates
- 51.5978, 0.02036
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument located opposite the south porch in St Mary's Churchyard dates from 1812. It features a sarcophagus on rectangular plinths and is signed and dated "Coade and Sealy 1812." The design is reminiscent of Michelangelo and stands on lion's paw feet. This funerary monument was erected in memory of George Wood of St James, Westminster. The inscription on the monument is largely illegible.
Local climate
Monument opposite south porch in St Mary's Churchyard sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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