Nobes Tomb Approximately 30 Metres to East of Tomb Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. Tomb.
Nobes Tomb Approximately 30 Metres to East of Tomb Farmhouse
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- 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 590 781
- Coordinates
- 51.49919, -1.15007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nobe's Tomb, located approximately 30 metres east of Tomb Farmhouse, is a tomb dating from around 1692. It is constructed of ashlar and measures approximately 2.5 metres square and 1.5 metres high. The tomb is roofless but retains remnants of a cornice on the east side and an entrance on the west side.
Local climate
Nobes Tomb Approximately 30 Metres to East of Tomb Farmhouse 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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