Kemp Family Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Wulfran is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. Tomb.
Kemp Family Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Wulfran
- WRENN ID
- second-threshold-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1999
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Kemp Family Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Wulfran, Greenways, the City of Brighton and Hove
- OS grid reference
- TQ 355 035
- Coordinates
- 50.81564, -0.07727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kemp family tomb is located approximately 8 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Wulfran in Ovingdean. This tomb, dating from the late 19th century, was designed by C.E. Kempe, who is interred beneath it. It is a stone chest tomb in a Gothic style, featuring the crest of the Kemp family on the east end and inscriptions on the other three sides.
Local climate
Kemp Family Tomb in Churchyard of Church of St Wulfran receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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