Cox Tomb Approximately 5 Metres to West of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Tomb.
Cox Tomb Approximately 5 Metres to West of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- muffled-keystone-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 596 649
- Coordinates
- 51.38072, -1.14454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cox Tomb, located approximately 5 metres to the west of the tower of the Church of St Mary, is a chest tomb dating from around 1825. It is constructed of ashlar and features a moulded top and base, along with fluted corner balusters. The tomb is inscribed with the name "Cox" and the date of death, 1825.
Local climate
Cox Tomb Approximately 5 Metres to West of Tower of Church of St Mary receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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