Fryer Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Slough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Tomb.
Fryer Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- nether-vault-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Slough
- Constituency
- Slough MP: Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 980 790
- Coordinates
- 51.50221, -0.58829
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fryer Tomb, located approximately 6 metres to the south of the chancel of the Church of St Laurence, is a chest tomb dating from around 1790. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features two bay sides and one bay end, adorned with Doric pilasters and a moulded top. The tomb is inscribed with the name of Martha, the wife of George Fryer of Chancery Lane, London, noting her birth on June 4, 1767, and her death on April 7, 179?.
Local climate
Fryer Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of St Laurence sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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