St Mary's Churchyard, Solly Family Tomb, About 20 Yards to South West of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Tomb.
St Mary's Churchyard, Solly Family Tomb, About 20 Yards to South West of Tower
- WRENN ID
- sacred-plinth-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 378 892
- Coordinates
- 51.58485, -0.01218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Solly Family Tomb is located in St Mary's Churchyard, about 20 yards southwest of the tower in Walthamstow, E17. This chest tomb is dedicated to Edward Solly, who died in 1776. It features a rectangular plinth made of Portland stone, topped with a Coadestone sarcophagus that is supported by lionclaw feet. The tomb is adorned with lion heads and a guilloche design, and it includes engraved bronze plaques.
Local climate
St Mary's Churchyard, Solly Family Tomb, About 20 Yards to South West of Tower sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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