Four Tombs in St Peters Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. Tombs. 1 related planning application.
Four Tombs in St Peters Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- lone-cobalt-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1999
- Type
- Tombs
- Address
- Four Tombs in St Peters Churchyard, Preston Drove, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 6SD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 063
- Coordinates
- 50.84222, -0.14939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are four table tombs located approximately 3 metres from the gabled annexe on the south side of St Peter's Church in Brighton. All the tombs are made of stone and share a similar design, featuring a vase-shaped body with rectangular panels on all four sides. The tombs commemorate the following individuals: the nearest to the church is for Henry Smithers and others, who died in 1769; next is Bartholomew Smithers, who died in 1791; then David and Ann Dring, who died in 1802; and finally, Lady Emily Caroline Nassau Hervey, who died in 1814.
Local climate
Four Tombs in St Peters Churchyard 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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