Tomb of Elizabeth Grey in the Churchyard in the Church 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. Churchyard monument.
Tomb of Elizabeth Grey in the Churchyard in the Church of St Peter's Church
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-courtyard-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2000
- Type
- Churchyard monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 181 733
- Coordinates
- 51.44682, -0.3013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Elizabeth Grey is located in the churchyard of St Peter's Church and dates from 1760. It is a chest tomb made of rubbed red brick, featuring a heavy rounded ledger slab made of Pennant stone, which stands on a base of Portland stone. Each side of the tomb has a sunk panel in rubbed red brick. The tomb was erected by her widower, John Gray, who expressed his deep sorrow over her loss. John Gray passed away in 1796.
Local climate
Tomb of Elizabeth Grey in the Churchyard in the Church 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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