Loveling Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South East of Chancel of Church of St James the Less is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. Tomb.
Loveling Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South East of Chancel of Church of St James the Less
- WRENN ID
- outer-buttress-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 634 764
- Coordinates
- 51.48317, -1.08767
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Loveling Tomb, located approximately 6 metres to the southeast of the chancel of the Church of St. James the Less, is a chest tomb dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a moulded base and top, along with panelled sides and shaped corner balusters. The tomb bears a Latin inscription dedicated to Elizabeth Benjamini Loveling.
Local climate
Loveling Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South East of Chancel of Church of St James the Less sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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