Whistler Tomb, 5 Metres South of South Door to Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1984. A C18 Tomb.

Whistler Tomb, 5 Metres South of South Door to Chancel

WRENN ID
stark-flagstone-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1984
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SU 368 607
Coordinates
51.34451, -1.4727
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Whistler Tomb, located 5 metres south of the south door to the chancel, is an 18th-century stone table tomb. It has a rectangular plan with ogee and cavetto mouldings along the edge of the top. The base features urn corners on a moulded plinth. One of the rectangular side panels on the south side is inscribed to Richard Whistler, although the date is illegible.

Local climate

Whistler Tomb, 5 Metres South of South Door to Chancel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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