Tomb of Francis Barker 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. A C18 Monument.
Tomb of Francis Barker in the Churchyard of St Peter's Church
- WRENN ID
- still-chimney-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2000
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 181 733
- Coordinates
- 51.44671, -0.3011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Francis Barker is located in the churchyard of St Peter's Church and dates from 1710. It is a chest tomb made of Portland and Pennant stone. The tomb features angle pilasters adorned with reliefs of trophies of death, designed in the style of John van Nost. Notably, the southwest pilaster has been inserted upside-down. An armorial relief can be found on the east end of the tomb. The inscription on the south side identifies Barker as a Citizen of London and notes that the monument was erected by his sorrowful widow, Elizabeth, and his eldest son, Thomas Barker. Additionally, a ledger slab on the tomb bears an inscription for Mr. Joseph Christopher, while the north side commemorates Mrs. Sarah Crean, who died in 1836.
Local climate
Tomb of Francis Barker 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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