Three Chest Tombs in the Churchyard of St Peter's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 2000. Chest tombs.
Three Chest Tombs in the Churchyard of St Peter's Church
- WRENN ID
- haunted-gravel-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2000
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- TQ 181 733
- Coordinates
- 51.44684, -0.30074
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three chest tombs located in the churchyard of St Peter's Church date from around 1818. One tomb is dedicated to Edward Cummings Esq., who died in 1818, another is unidentified, and the third is for Mary Carter, a spinster, also from around 1818. These chest tombs are made of Portland stone, featuring York stone and marble ledger slabs with inscription panels. Originally, they were positioned along the northern edge of the churchyard.
The tomb for Edward Cummings Esq. has a Portland stone chest with an inscribed York stone ledger slab. It features latticed angle pilasters and a raised inscription panel with a drip mould on the south side. There are remnants of protective coats of limewash visible. The unidentified tomb is similar but has a badly weathered marble inscription panel. The tomb for Mary Carter is also similar but shows damage to the ledger in the south-west corner and to the drip mould.
Local climate
Three Chest Tombs in the Churchyard of St Peter's Church 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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