Comport and Baker Tombs 5 Yards to South of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Tomb.
Comport and Baker Tombs 5 Yards to South of Church of St James
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 756 759
- Coordinates
- 51.45517, 0.52651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Comport and Baker tombs, located 5 yards to the south of the Church of St. James, consist of a row of ten children's body blocks, along with four footstones, one headstone, and three larger body blocks. These tombs date from the early 19th century and are made of stone. They are inscribed to the children of the Comport and Baker families and are locally referred to as 'Pip's Graves', as they are believed to have inspired the graves depicted on the first page of Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations'.
Local climate
Comport and Baker Tombs 5 Yards to South of Church of St James sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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