Mathews Tomb Approximately 3 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. Tomb.
Mathews Tomb Approximately 3 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- tangled-stone-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 554 745
- Coordinates
- 51.46708, -1.20355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mathews Tomb is a chest tomb located approximately 3 metres to the south of the nave of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Yattendon. It was built in 1810 and is made of ashlar stone. The tomb features a moulded base and top, shaped corner balusters, and panelled sides. It is inscribed in memory of John Mathews.
Local climate
Mathews Tomb Approximately 3 Metres to South of Nave of Church of St Peter and St Paul 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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