The Tomb of Christian and Henry Neale D. 1675 and Eliza Dutton D. 1687 in Churchyard of the Church of St Dunstans is a Grade II listed building in the Sutton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 2000. Churchyard monument.

The Tomb of Christian and Henry Neale D. 1675 and Eliza Dutton D. 1687 in Churchyard of the Church of St Dunstans

WRENN ID
silver-pinnacle-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sutton
Constituency
Sutton and Cheam MP: Luke Taylor (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 2000
Type
Churchyard monument
Address
The Tomb of Christian and Henry Neale D. 1675 and Eliza Dutton D. 1687 in Churchyard of the Church of St Dunstans, Church Road
OS grid reference
TQ 242 638
Coordinates
51.36042, -0.21627
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of Christian and Henry Neale, who died in 1675, and Eliza Dutton, who died in 1687, is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Dunstans in Cheam. This churchyard monument is a chest tomb made of Portland stone, featuring a Pennant stone ledger. The stone chest is adorned with squat fielded pilasters that support a moulded ledger inscribed with a memorial. The monument commemorates Henry Neale and their daughter Eliza Dutton, who was murdered on July 13, 1687, while trying to mediate a dispute between her neighbor and his wife at the age of 53. The epitaph reads:

"Here lies best of wives of mothers & of friend
Whose soul to (sic) good for earth in heaven attend
With joy and comfort till the day of doome
When all her virtuous deeds shall thither come
To save her neighbours she has spilt her blood
And like her saviour died for doing good
May that curst hand forget itself to feed
That made its benefactor thus to bleed."

This tomb is an early example of an outdoor chest tomb and features a legible epitaph.

Local climate

The Tomb of Christian and Henry Neale D. 1675 and Eliza Dutton D. 1687 in Churchyard of the Church of St Dunstans 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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