St Mary's Churchyard Wise Family Tomb Close to South Wall 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 Wise Family Tomb Close to South Wall of Tower
- WRENN ID
- moated-grate-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- St Mary's Churchyard Wise Family Tomb Close to South Wall of Tower, Church End E17
- OS grid reference
- TQ 378 892
- Coordinates
- 51.58496, -0.01201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wise Family Tomb is located in St Mary's Churchyard in Walthamstow, E17, close to the south wall of the tower. This table tomb commemorates Mr. Thomas Wise, who died in 1710. It is made of Portland stone and features a grey stone lid. The tomb has balusters at the corners and gadrooning along the base, with cartouches and carved foliage decorating the long sides.
Local climate
St Mary's Churchyard Wise Family Tomb Close to South Wall 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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