Tomb of John Rudd 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 10 April 2000. Monument.
Tomb of John Rudd in the Churchyard of St Peter's Church
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 2000
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 181 733
- Coordinates
- 51.44666, -0.30098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of John Rudd is located in the churchyard of St Peter's Church. It is a chest tomb dating from 1775, made of Portland stone with a Pennant stone ledger. The tomb features fluted angle pilasters with cabling that flank the fielded side and end panels. An inscription on the ledger slab reads, "this stone was given to his memory by Caroline Baroness of Greenwich," who was the daughter of the Duke of Argyll.
Local climate
Tomb of John Rudd 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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