St Mary's Churchyard Riggs Family Tomb Close to First Bay from East of South Wall of Chancel 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 Riggs Family Tomb Close to First Bay from East of South Wall of Chancel

WRENN ID
worn-zinc-acorn
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 Riggs Family Tomb Close to First Bay from East of South Wall of Chancel, Church End E17
OS grid reference
TQ 378 892
Coordinates
51.58499, -0.01165
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Riggs Family Tomb, located in St Mary's Churchyard in Walthamstow, is a table tomb dating from 1754. It is made of Portland Stone and features a grey stone lid. The corners of the tomb are adorned with winged cherub heads, and there are floral swags between them. The base of the tomb is decorated with gadrooning, and there is an inscribed plaque on one side. The tomb is situated close to the first bay from the east of the south wall of the chancel.

Local climate

St Mary's Churchyard Riggs Family Tomb Close to First Bay from East of South Wall of Chancel 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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