Lyford Tomb Approx 7m S of Priests Door in Churchyard, S Side of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Bracknell Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 2002. Tomb.
Lyford Tomb Approx 7m S of Priests Door in Churchyard, S Side of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- under-pewter-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 2002
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 904 724
- Coordinates
- 51.44357, -0.70013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lyford Tomb, located approximately 7 meters south of the priest's door in the churchyard on the south side of the Church of St Mary, is a Grade II listed tomb. It serves as the headstone and footstone for William Lyford, who died in 1784. The tomb is made of stone and features a headstone with a shaped corniced top, which displays a low relief carving of corn and agricultural implements, along with an hourglass and skulls. The commemorative inscription is well carved and presented in doggerel verse. The footstone is marked with the initials and date "W.L. 1874."
Local climate
Lyford Tomb Approx 7m S of Priests Door in Churchyard, S Side of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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