Tomb 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary and St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1986. Tomb.
Tomb 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary and St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- silent-ember-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 526 796
- Coordinates
- 51.5134, -1.24298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 18th-century tomb located 2 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Mary and St Nicholas. It is made of stone and features a rectangular chest design with a moulded plinth, urn corners, and panelled sides. The flat top is carved with a scutcheon and an inscription, which was illegible at the time of the survey.
Local climate
Tomb 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary and St Nicholas 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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